Library Events
Library Film Series
Fall Semester 2009
Admission: Free
Time: 7:00pm
Location: - North Conference Room (W449), 4th floor, West Wing, MSU Main Library
Thursday, September 24 - Once (2007, UK, 85 minutes)
Directed by: John Carney
Presented by: Joanna Bosse, Residential College in Arts and Humanities and the College of Music and cosponsored by the East Lansing/Michigan State University One Book, One Community program.
A modern day musical set on the streets of Dublin. Featuring Glen Hansard and his Irish band "The Frames," the film tells the story of a street musician and a Czech immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story.
Thursday, October 1 - Blood Rain (2005, South Korea, 115 minutes)
Directed by: Kim Dae-seung
Presented by: Mina Shin, Department of Linguistics & German, Slavic, Asian & African Languages and cosponsored by the Kresge Art Museum in coordination with the exhibit Celebrating Korea.
It is the 19th century Chosun dynasty, an era of loathing and vengeance towards Catholics. A transport ship carrying paper to the palace burns into ashes, and investigator Won-kyu is sent to the scene. Brutal murders follow suit, which are traced back to a curse by a Christian who had his whole family beheaded seven years previously. The climax builds to an unexpected ending...
Thursday, October 8 - Henry V (1989, UK, 138 minutes)
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Presented by: Jyotsna Singh, Department of English, and cosponsored with the Department of English and the Early Modern Studies group.
Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Ian Holm, Emma Thompson and Judi Dench star in this heroic, action-packed epic based on the timeless play by William Shakespeare. "Magnificent, passionate and steeped in powerful emotion" (The Washington Post). Henry V is a "stunning," (Leonard Maltin) Oscar-nominated adventure that takes its place amongst the greatest war films of all time.
Thursday, October 29 - American Dream(1990, US, 102 minutes)
Directed by: Barbara Kopple
Presented by: John Beck, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, and cosponsored by Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives and the School of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Academy Award(R) Winner for Best Documentary, 1990, this acclaimed motion picture captures the stark reality of working men and women making impossibly tough choices about survival during a time of extreme economic crisis. When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota, are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair.
Thursday, November 12 - Twelfth Night(1996, UK, 134 minutes)
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Presented by: Sandra Logan, Department of English, and cosponsored by the Department of English and the Early Modern Studies group.
This engaging Shakespearean comedy follows the adventures of Viola and Sebastian, twins separated in a shipwreck and washed up on the shores of a foreign land. The siblings are caught up in a series of romantic misadventures involving unrequited love, deception, cross-dressing, mistaken identity, drunken revelries, and comedic vengeance, while the perceptive fool's bittersweet songs remind us of "the fragility and vulnerability of . . . happiness" (Peter Holland). Imogene Stubbs, Helena Bonham Carter, Nigel Hawthorn, Ben Kingsley.