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CINEMA Cinema meets once a month on the first Monday. Each meeting we watch a film and then discuss it. Films are chosen by the group from a "menu" presented on the night by the coordinator, a retired member of the film-studies faculty at UI. Films will include a range of genres, periods, and national origins. Members may also propose films.Sample Past MeetingsFebruary CinemaIn honor of Black History Month. Film viewed: Eve's Bayou, a family drama set in Louisiana and told from the perspective of the younger daughter.March CinemaHow Hollywood represents Television. Film viewed: Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney's film that tells the story of how Edward R. Murrow confronted Sen. Joe McCarthy in 1954.October CinemaCanadian film night. Film viewed: Atom Egoyan's Exotica, an art film that examines how people deal with various kinds of grief.November CinemaAsian cinema. Film viewed: Hero, an example of wuxia, which is roughly equivalent to Japanese samurai films but with more extravagant combat scenes and with greater roles for women. Hero was recently voted the most beautiful action film ever made.December CinemaDocumentary night. Film viewed: Do I Sound Gay? The film explores a particular type of male voice that may or may not be indicative of gayness. The connection between the persona and the voice resonates with any of us who have to speak to others.April CinemaVoiceover narration: Film viewed: Election. An unusual example of multivocal voiceovers and one where the narration and the images don't quite match up.May CinemaBlack comedy: Film viewed: The Death of Stalin. Armando Iannucci's satirical representation of the jockeying for power in the USSR after Stalin's sudden death.For information, schedule, and answers to questions, please email: cinema@theillinoisclub.org | |
