Through the Lens: Great Directors Tell Stories in Western Films .........CO4319 ............... Film History ..... Wenk ... Mar 8

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The astonishing personal story of a young Syrian mother’s perseverance through the siege of Aleppo. Told as a love letter from a mother to her daughter, the film explores the dilemma of whether to abandon Aleppo and the fight for freedom. • Soorari Pottru (Drama/Action, 2020, Not Rated, 149 mins) $12 / $15 Donation February 27 at 2pm, Sunday NC4332 – FGCU Naples Center Maara pursues his dream and sets out to make the common man fly and, in the process, takes on the world’ s most capitalintensive industry and many enemies who stand in his way. • A Man Called Ove (Drama/Comedy, 2015, Rated PG-13, 116 mins) $12 / $15 Donation March 13 at 2pm, Sunday NC4333 – FGCU Naples Center Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife’ s grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors. • The Stoning of Soraya M. (Drama, 2008, Rated R, 114 mins) $12 / $15 Donation March 27 at 2pm, Sunday NC4334 – FGCU Naples Center A desperate woman asks for a meeting with a journalist to disclose the cruel and inhumane punishment of her niece. • Pride (Drama/Comedy, 2014, Rated R, 119 mins) $12 / $15 Donation

• Omar (Drama, 2013, Not Rated, 98 mins) $12 / $15 Donation April 24 at 2pm, Sunday NC4336 – FGCU Naples Center A young Palestinian freedom fighter agrees to work as an informant after he’ s tricked into an admission of guilt by association in the wake of an Israeli soldier ’ s killing. • A Fantastic Woman (Drama, 2018, Rated R, 103 mins) $12 / $15 Donation May 8 at 2pm, Sunday NC4337 – FGCU Naples Center A singer faces scorn and discrimination after the sudden death of her older boyfriend. • Collective (Documentary, 2015, Not Rated, 119 mins) $12 / $15 Donation May 15 at 2pm, Sunday NC4338 – FGCU Naples Center A real-time docu-thriller highlighting the importance of an independent press in partisan times.

April 10 at 2pm, Sunday NC4335 – FGCU Naples Center Realizing that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, disparate Londonbased groups lend their support to striking coal miners in 1984 Wales.

Through the Lens: How Great Directors Tell Stories

with a Camera in Western Films $25 / $30 • Option # 1 – February 8 at 10 – 11:30am, Tuesday

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• Option #2 – March 8 at 1 – 2:30pm, Tuesday

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Speaker: Dr. Arthur Wenk Choose one of the course options above. How do movie directors tell stories cinematically? If we have read the screenplay, why bother seeing the movie? What choices does a director make in terms of mise-en-scène (literally, the action taking place on the stage), cinematography (lighting, camera angle, composition), editing and sound? We shall explore these questions in the western film category. Westerns have been around for as long as American films have been made. We shall study four examples of the beloved Hollywood genre: John Ford’ s Stagecoach (1939), the film that made John Wayne a star; Fred Zinnemann’ s High Noon (1952), in which sheriff Gary Cooper must face a gang of outlaws alone after the townspeople desert him; The Searchers (1956), again joining John Ford and John Wayne; and Clint Eastwood’ s Unforgiven (1992), a film that won Academy Awards for Best Film and Best Director

The Greatest Directors of All Time: Martin Scorsese $28 / $33 February 15 at 1:30 – 3:30pm, Tuesday

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Speaker: Gary Olsen Martin Scorsese is known as one of the most knowledgeable directors on the history of cinema, and his films reflect that intellect. He’ s shaped contemporary crime movies in his groundbreaking films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed. Yet Scorsese’ s topics are as varied as any director, producing with such diverse films as New York, New York, Raging Bull, The Color Of Money, Gangs of New York and Aviator. Scorsese’ s visual impact will be addressed in the clips of his great films as well as his unique directing techniques. The Greatest Directors of All Time: Woody Allen $28 / $33 February 17 at 1:30 – 3:30pm, Thursday

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Speaker: Gary Olsen Even today, despite his personal controversies, Woody Allen is remembered as one of cinema ’ s most influential directors in the modern era. The once stand-up comedian and comic writer directed and wrote such intelligent films as Manhattan, Hannah And Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors, combining hilarious scenes along with philosophical insights. This lecture examines his large body of work, beginning with his sophomoric early comedy films. One of cinema ’ s most productive directors in the business, producing one movie a year, Allen never tired of entertaining and educating his audience.