New film club offer free film viewing
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Entertainment
By Hotaka Demura
Staff Reporter
By exhibiting movies for free, a newly-founded film club will offer a place for lovers of cinema in the Midland College community to unite, according to William Nagy, president and founder of MC Film Studies and Production Society.
The film club has already run pieces such as Le Samoura' (English title The Samurai) directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, Strangers on a Train directed by Alfred Hitchcock and The Killer directed by John Woo at Wagner and Brown Auditorium in the Allison Fine Arts building, Nagy said.
The club has reached 40 members online as of March 5, according to the club's official online community on Facebook.
The members include not only MC students, but also faculty members such as Timothy P. Jebsen, executive director of Midland Community Theatre, and Michael Jordan, a music professor and the sponsor of the film club.
The club aims for further expansion of its membership, according to a document provided by Stephanie VanCuren, student activities coordinator.
The club hopes "to increase the awareness and understanding of the theoretical and aesthetic aspects of film through exhibition and screening of important classic and contemporary films," according to the constitution of MC FSPS on Facebook. Membership is free.
What movie the club will see is discussed among the members, according to the Facebook discussion board of the club. People who have strong ideas of what to see are "welcome" to join the discussion or to let the sponsor know directly, Nagy said.
Nagy and Andrew Eaton, vice president of the club, will make the final decision. "We exhibit films, not just any films, but socially and technically important films. We try to stay away from blockbusters," Nagy said.
"After [watching] the movie, we'd like to discuss the movie in professional and educational respects and understand why we watched it," Nagy said.
Nagy, an MC sophomore, said he has recently taken steps to transfer to a four-year college and said he wants to study film in undergraduate and graduate school.
Staff Reporter
By exhibiting movies for free, a newly-founded film club will offer a place for lovers of cinema in the Midland College community to unite, according to William Nagy, president and founder of MC Film Studies and Production Society.
The film club has already run pieces such as Le Samoura' (English title The Samurai) directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, Strangers on a Train directed by Alfred Hitchcock and The Killer directed by John Woo at Wagner and Brown Auditorium in the Allison Fine Arts building, Nagy said.
The club has reached 40 members online as of March 5, according to the club's official online community on Facebook.
The members include not only MC students, but also faculty members such as Timothy P. Jebsen, executive director of Midland Community Theatre, and Michael Jordan, a music professor and the sponsor of the film club.
The club aims for further expansion of its membership, according to a document provided by Stephanie VanCuren, student activities coordinator.
The club hopes "to increase the awareness and understanding of the theoretical and aesthetic aspects of film through exhibition and screening of important classic and contemporary films," according to the constitution of MC FSPS on Facebook. Membership is free.
What movie the club will see is discussed among the members, according to the Facebook discussion board of the club. People who have strong ideas of what to see are "welcome" to join the discussion or to let the sponsor know directly, Nagy said.
Nagy and Andrew Eaton, vice president of the club, will make the final decision. "We exhibit films, not just any films, but socially and technically important films. We try to stay away from blockbusters," Nagy said.
"After [watching] the movie, we'd like to discuss the movie in professional and educational respects and understand why we watched it," Nagy said.
Nagy, an MC sophomore, said he has recently taken steps to transfer to a four-year college and said he wants to study film in undergraduate and graduate school.
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