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Volume 128 Issue 36
There’s more to a movie than just the viewing experience. And the UT Cinema Club has a firm belief in that ideology. The Cinema Club hosts weekly film screenings, but it’s not just for the enjoyment of watching the film. The club is devoted to understanding film from all angles and stepping out of cinematic “comfort zones,” said Jordan Collier, senior in history and Cinema Club’s vice president. “We tend to show movies that are out
of people’s comfort zones just to broaden around 35-40 minutes, depending on how dense the movie is. In the past, the club horizons, basically,” Collier said. After each screening the Cinema Club has had near hour-long discussions about has a discussion about the film. Choosing movies like “2001: A Space Odyssey” and films outside of the mainstream helps “Coraline.” Many of the films that are shown by the spark enlightening discussion among Cinema Club are not typical of American members. “Some of our films are kind of dense,” popular culture. Some are foreign films, Collier said. “But once we discuss it, it and others are from the early days of usually helps. When you work around it, cinema. Creech expressed that club has shown you grow more appreciative of it.” The discussions usually turn towards and discussed Hollywood classics like the philosophical aspects of the film. “Apocalypse Now” and Alfred Hitchcock Lydia Creech, senior in psychology and films. “It’s good to get exposure to classics cinema club president, said the discussions inspire people to compare the film too,” Creech said. to their own lives and current events. Discussions of the films typically last See CINEMA CLUB on Page 5
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