UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 2
September 12, 1996
International Film Series opens on Sept. 15

     The University's 1996 fall International Film Series will
open Sunday, Sept. 15, with Land and Freedom, from the United
Kingdom. This story of a young, idealistic Englishman who fights
in the Spanish Civil War was called one of the "must-see movies
of the year" by Variety.
     The films in the series, all made this year, begin at 7:30
p.m. in the theatre of the Trabant University Center, and all
presentations are free and open to the public.
     Chungking Express, from Hong Kong, will be shown on Sunday,
Sept. 22. These two stories about two couples, a cop and a
waitress and another cop and a drug dealer, were called
"rapturous entertainment...one of the first films of the '90s to
feel genuinely fresh and original" by Sight and Sound.
     I Shot Andy Warhol, a U.S. film, is scheduled for Sunday,
Sept. 29. Lili Taylor starts as Valerie Solanas who shot pop
artist Andy Warhol and got what she always wanted-fame.
     October starts off with Antonia's Line, the earthy, funny
and magical film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film. From The Netherlands, the film tells the story of
Antonia who returns to her Dutch village after World War II and
gathers an extended family. The film will be shown on Sunday,
Oct. 6.
     Hate, made in France, is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 13. The
film tells the story of three outsiders who spend an aimless day
in a housing project near Paris as social unrest swirls about
them.
     The series continues on Sunday, Nov. 3, with Anne Frank
Remembered. This documentary , made in the U.S. and winner of the
Academy Award for Best Documentary, assembles rare footage of the
Frank family, including the only known footage of Anne.
     The Celluloid Closet is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 10. The
documentary tells the story of homosexuality in the movies.
Entertainment Weekly calls it a "first-rate work of cinematic
criticism."
     The series concludes on Sunday, Dec. 15, with Trainspotting,
from the United Kingdom. The funny and shocking film about heroin
addiction from the makers of Shallow Grave was called "tauntingly
decadent and willfully outrageous" by The New York Times.
     For more information on the film series or any of its
offerings, call coordinator Harris Ross, English, at 737-3955. 
          -Beth Thomas