Lenten Film Series: Canterbury House.
Feb. 20: “The Big Parade” (King Vidor, 1925). Classic WWI film that blends spectacular, singularly credible battle scenes with an irresistibly charming romance between a young French woman (Renee Adoree) and the American soldier (John Gilbert) who, in one of the films’s most famous scenes, teaches her how to chew gum. Also, film scholar Mary Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “A Mechanized Art for a Mechanized War: Glamor and Trauma in The Big Parade” and leads a discussion of the film.
Feb. 27: “Le Grande Illusion” (Jean Renoir, 1937). WWI film about 2 French soldiers who repeatedly attempt to escape a German POW camp until they’re sent to an impenetrable fortress that seems impossible to escape. French, German, English, Russian; subtitles. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Looking Forward by Looking Back, Part 1: Race and Class in Le Grande Illusion” and leads a discussion of the film.
Mar. 6: “The 49th Parallel” (Michael Powell, 1941). A WWII German U-boat, stranded in northern Canada, tries to escape to the still-neutral U.S. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Invasion-Free since 1812: Walking with the Enemy and Talking Freedom in The 49th Parallel” and leads a discussion of the film.
Mar. 13: “The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978). 3 Pennsylvania factory workers end up in a Vietcong POW camp. Robert De Niro & Christopher Walken. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Over Here Over There: Meanings of Survival in The Deer Hunter” and leads a discussion of the film.
Mar. 20: “Catch-22” (Mike Nichols, 1970). Film based on Joseph Heller’s classic WWII black humor novel about a bombardier who tries to escape the insanity of the war. Also, Tubbs gives an introductory talk on “Looking Forward by Looking Back, Part 2: An Enemy for a New Age in Catch-22” and leads a discussion of the film.
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7:30 p.m., Canterbury House, 721 E. Huron. Free. 764-3152. [map]
