Program Type:
MovieAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
More than entertaining stories to be viewed from a sofa and then benignly forgotten, cinema is an art form rich in expression and worthy of our time and attention.
Join Brandon for a fun discussion of a variety of films from John Wayne to Shirley Temple. Each month, we'll discuss two thematically-paired films and look "behind the scenes" to unpack each their historical significance, stylistic choices, and meanings.
You may laugh, you may cry, you may even raise an eyebrow and wonder "What was that?", but you'll certainly be affected. They don't call 'em moving pictures for nothing!
Theme: The Journey is the Destination
Paris, Texas (1984): A disheveled man who wanders out of the desert, Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) seems to have no idea who he is. When a stranger manages to contact his brother, Walt (Dean Stockwell), Travis is awkwardly reunited with his sibling. Travis has been missing for years, and his presence unsettles Walt and his family. Soon Travis must go on a search for his wife, Jane (Nastassja Kinski), and try to put his life back together.
Waiting for Happiness (2002): Before immigrating to the West, Abdallah (Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed) travels to a coastal city in Mauritania to visit his mother. Although he grew up there, Abdallah feels anything but at home in his old neighborhood because he can no longer speak the local dialect and he wears western clothes that immediately cast him as an outsider. However, as Abdallah spends time with a young boy and an elderly electrician, he can't help but feel a sense of loss for the life he's abandoning.
Copies available at the library! Reserve yours by calling 412-882-6622 or e-mailing Brandon at taperb2@whitehallpubliclibrary.org