Guest post by Michael Crandol. It only took a ten-second YouTube clip from The Fantasy of Deer Warrior to convince me that I had to track down this movie at any cost. It was a scene familiar from countless grindhouse martial arts flicks. The fierce young male hero, clutching the dying body of his elderly… Read more »
Every month A Place for Film will bring you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
Guest post by Shannon Boyer. This week’s showing of Miloš Forman’s Hair (1979) and Taylor Hackford’s White Nights (1984) is exciting not only for the quality of the films, but how they both include the groundbreaking choreography of Twyla Tharp. An Indiana-born award-winning choreographer, dancer, and writer, Tharp recently partnered with Indiana University to bring… Read more »
Guest post by Rachel McCabe. When originally released in 1969, Roger Ebert claimed Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid “must have looked like a natural on paper, but, alas, the completed film is slow and disappointing.” Paul Newman, the film’s star, had achieved critical success playing the rebel in Cool Hand Luke just two years… Read more »
Guest post by Selene Carter. The Twyla Tharp Dance & Film Collaborations film series celebrates the singular opportunity IU Bloomington students have to study the creative process of one of the greatest American artists of our time. Tharp transcended the limits of concert dance into Broadway, TV and film. She shaped the twentieth century and… Read more »
Every month A Place for Film will bring you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »