Film Screening: A Hard Days' Night
A special screening in support of the exhibition "Terry O'Neill, Stars"
About the event
Meet the Beatles!
Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen. A Hard Day’s Night, in which the bandmates play cheeky comic versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever.
Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, including the title track, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “I Should Have Known Better,” and “If I Fell,” A Hard Day’s Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.
Runtime: 87 minutes
Movies were integral to Terry O’Neill’s life both personally and professionally. He grew up in post-war London where radio and two black-and-white TV channels were the only entertainment available, unless you could afford the cinema and dance halls. However, as his career exploded and Hollywood came calling for his services on set, Terry said “I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.” Suddenly, he was on the set of Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, or the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby Road movies. He was quickly offered the opportunity to photograph the first Bond movies and of course, being on set with stars who had become close friends, like Sean Connery, gave him and his camera a front row seat to fame. Invariably it was his friends, such as Paul Newman or Frank Sinatra who would call on O’Neill.
Screening rights courtesy Janus Films. Founded in 1956, Janus Films was the first theatrical distribution company dedicated to bringing international art-house films to U.S. audiences.
More Summer Screenings (Every Wednesday at 7 PM!)
July 12th: Mona Lisa (https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/events/film-screening-mona-lisa/)
July 19th: A Hard Day’s Night (https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/events/film-screening-a-hard-days-night/)
July 26th: Buena Vista Social Club (https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/events/film-screening-buena-vista-social-club/)
August 2nd: L’Avventura (https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/?post_type=events&p=11376&preview=true)
August 9th: 8 1/2 (https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/?post_type=events&p=11384&preview=true)
August 16th: The Comfort Of Strangers (https://www.fotografiska.com/nyc/?post_type=events&p=11392&preview=true)
All event tickets include museum admission to experience our exhibitions on view: Terry O’Neill, Stars, Prix Pictet: Fire, and For Freedoms: Listen Until You Hear.