Arabesque

Director: Stanley Donen

1966 / 105min / 4K DCP

Donen’s “slick and satisfying” [Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader] Technicolor confection of romance, intrigue, flamboyant op-art inspired photography, and swank décor stars Gregory Peck as an American expert in hieroglyphics sucked into a criminal plot while doing a stint at Oxford and a sultry and seductive Sophia Loren as the woman who comes to his rescue. Frustrated with the scattershot script he’d been handed, Donen turned his focus to audiovisual experimentation, with the resulting feature part spy movie sendup, part over-the-top cinematic spree.

“Sophia Loren’s wardrobe for this light-hearted tale of international intrigue is one of Saint Laurent’s lushest. Look out of the celebrated powder-pink gown.” —David Campany, Creative Director, International Center of Photography

Distributor: Universal

Part of Dressed by Yves Saint Laurent