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The Film Culture Program at Gregory College House
devotes itself to film-lovers of all sorts. A regular
schedule of screenings covers the history of the medium and
the scope of world cinema today. The program hosts faculty
discussions on a variety of cinematic subjects, makes
numerous excursions to Philadelphia film venues, and
provides endless opportunity for participants to analyze,
appraise and argue about film... ...whether The Seventh
Seal or The Sixth Sense, La Grand Illusion
or Gladiator, L'Avventura or The Lord
of the Rings. The program is located in Van Pelt Manor,
3909 Spruce Street.
All Gregorians are welcome to participate in the program for
academic credit (Cine 130.301). The credit
option is designed to balance rigor with an informal,
flexible and communal atmosphere befitting a college house.
For more information, please contact
Lance, our Program Director. |
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 | Chinatown | | | When: Wednesday, October 15, 2008at 7:30 PM | | | Where: Film Lounge | | | Roman Polanski's classic, caustic revision of the Film Noir genre stars Jack Nicholson, in one of his early great performances, as a jaded private eye whose investigation into a marital infidelity descends into a labyrinth of political, financial and moral corruption. Followed by discussion. | | | | | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | | | When: Sunday, October 19, 2008at 8:00 PM | | | Where: Film Lounge | | | International Cinema Sundays presents the most globally acclaimed film of 2007, Cristian Mungiu's complex, harrowing drama about two friends trying to procure an abortion in communist-era Romania. Followed by discussion. | | | | | I Love TV: Mystery Science Theater 3000 | | | When: Monday, October 20, 2008at 8:00 PM | | | Where: Film Lounge | | | | | | | | Diabolique | | | When: Tuesday, October 21, 2008at 8:00 PM | | | Where: Film Lounge | | | Diabolique
(1955, France)
107 mins
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse.
FROM TLA VIDEO’S WEBSITE: Legend has it that Henri-Georges Clouzot beat out Alfred Hitchcock to secure the rights to this novel, which proved to be a veritable blueprint for an icy masterpiece of murder, mystery, and suspense. Véra Clouzot plays the sickly wife of a callous headmaster of a provincial boarding school, and the commanding Simone Signoret is the headmaster's mistreated mistress. Together the two women (wife and mistress) plot and carry out his murder, a brutal drowning that director Clouzot documents in chilly detail. But the corpse disappears, and a nosy detective starts sniffing around the grounds as threatening notes taunt the women. Clouzot's thriller is as precise and accomplished a work as anything in Hitchcock's canon. It’s a film of grueling suspense and startling shocks in an overcast, gray world of decay.
LANCE’S TWO-BITS: Diabolique proves that sometimes it takes two women to make one femme fatale.
* This film is a part of the accredited Gregory FCP course, therefore a brief discussion will follow.
| | | | | Captain Blood | | | When: Wednesday, October 22, 2008at 7:30 PM | | | Where: Film Lounge | | | Swashbuckling high seas adventure yarn starring Errol Flynn as a doctor-turned pirate; an early, influential crowd-pleaser from Michael Curtiz, who would later direct "Casablanca." | | | |
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FCP participants reside in Van Pelt Manor, 3909 Spruce
Street. Room types are primarily quads, though doubles or
singles may be available for upperclassmen. All residents,
regardless of room type, have private bedroom space; all
apartments have a private bathroom. Information on Penn's
housing processes can be found at the
Housing and Conference Services webpage.
Freshmen
Be sure to apply by the Housing Deadline, and list the code
for FCP. There is no essay. Freshmen applicants will be
assigned to the quad rooms closest to the Film Lounge on the
fourth floor of Van Pelt. 4th floor occupants are almost
entirely freshmen.
Returning Gregorians
Apply during
the regular in-house process. Remember to list your
email address under "Film Culture," on the reverse of the
application.
New Upperclassmen
Upperclassmen coming from other College Houses should fill
out an "Application for New Program Participants" at the Van
Pelt Manor Information Center; dates will be available on
the
Housing and Conference Services website. Note that
non-freshmen participants are not grouped together, but
rather assigned anywhere in Gregory College House. That
said, we will try to assign new FCP applicants together
within quad or double rooms when possible. |
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