BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//209.59.186.105//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.whatcomtalk.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-67891@www.whatcomtalk.com DTSTAMP:20240328T144639Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Arts and Entertainment CONTACT:Greg\; greg@scarecrow.com DESCRIPTION:
Scarecrow Academy presents the second part of our in-depth look at how some great directors tackled science fiction. The Art in Sci-F i Part 2: Science Fiction and the Director continues with its fall semeste r\, an eight-week online discussion series in which we’ll analyze directin g methods in detail\, and define what makes great style in this rich\, com plex genre.
\nDiscussions are led by National Society of Film Critic s member Robert Horton\, author of the Seasoned Ticket column at the Scare crow blog and Scarecrow’s “Historian-Programmer in Residence.”
\nThe Zoom sessions are free and open to all\, but we ask participants to watch the films in advance of the events. Registration is required. To register and learn more about film viewing options\, visit:
\nbit.ly/scarecr owacademy
\nSessions are on Saturdays at 2:00 pm Pacific Time and in clude:
\nOctober 22
\nThe Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale\, 1935). This classic of the Universal horror cycle is also a great science fiction picture\, as it poses a fundamental question of sci-fi — what doe s it mean to be human? — in a blend of horror and campy humor that still f eels fresh.
\nOctober 29
\nSeconds (John Frankenheimer\, 1966) . The director of The Manchurian Candidate brings his 1960s sensibility an d powerful visual style to the dark tale of a man who trades his body for a younger model (Rock Hudson in his riskiest performance) and finds the re sult a tricky one.
\nNovember 5
\nBlade Runner (Ridley Scott\, 1982). One of the most influential sci-fi pictures of them all\, this fut uristic spectacle follows replicant hunter Harrison Ford through his noiri sh duties—but who\, in the end\, are we rooting for?
\nNovember 12 p>\n
Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt\, 1988). L.A. musician Anthony Edwar ds answers a random phone call announcing that the nukes are about to drop . Is it real\, and what do you do if you have 90 minutes left? De Jarnatt’ s answers in this cult film are wacky and suspenseful.
\nNovember 19
\nSigns (M. Night Shyamalan\, 2002). Two brothers (Mel Gibson and J oaquin Phoenix) realize that crop circles on their farm are indications of a coming alien visitation\, a situation that provides Shyamalan a chance to exercise his talent for purely cinematic chills—and he doesn’t even nee d a twist ending.
\nNovember 26
\nEx Machina (Alex Garland\, 2 014). An alluring Artificial Intelligence robot (Alicia Vikander) is all t oo convincing in this sinister and wickedly funny film from the director o f Annihilation and Men.
\nDecember 3
\nLittle Joe (Jessica Hau sner\, 2019). A meticulously crafted story of scientists developing new pl ant species\, the effect of which might be more alarming than expected. Em ily Beecham won the Cannes Best Actress prize for this variation on Invasi on of the Body Snatchers.
\nDecember 10
\nNope (Jordan Peele\, 2022). The director of Get Out swings big with his UFO extravaganza\, in which Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer watch the skies to get photographic e vidence of the imminent invasion\, with a dollop of Hollywood satire throw n in.
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