Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
323.857.6000
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King Kong, Courtesy the Motion Picture and Television Archive
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Tuesday Jan 8, 2008 (1pm)
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$2
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It's been 75 exalted years since the eighth wonder wandered out of his prehistoric jungle and into our cinematic lexicon as the beast. The infamous final insight in Merian C. Cooper's classic King Kong is, "It's beauty that killed the beast," but – besides referencing leading lady Fay Wray – beauty, in this creative case, also slays disbelief. A crude-yet-captivating fantasy featuring amazing stop-motion square-offs between Kong and claymation creatures, the film, bookended by its
