2008 Woodie Awards
SectionsScience fiction film series kicks off
Geoff Pickle
Issue date: 9/11/07 Section: News
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The Media, Journalism, & Film Department annual film series will this year host "Visions of the Future", a series that will showcase several films in the science fiction genre, specifically those that are future-oriented.
Forbidden Planet, which played last night, was the first in the series that will last into December.
The next film to play will be Fahrenheit 451, which will show at 7 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union on Oct. 1.
It is the film adaptation of the widely popular book by Ray Bradbury - a story set in the future involving a society that fears free thinking in its populace so much that it bans and burns all literature found.
In the story, it is said that books burn at 451 degrees Fahrenheit, thus the name of the book and movie.
The other movies in the series will be 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, The Terminator, and Brazil.
"Science fiction is interesting in that it gives us visions of the future, using different vantage points from the past and speculations about science and technology," says Karen Buzzard, Department Head of Media, Journalism And Film. "The idea is that we will be able to make comparisons of different writers' views of the future."
The event will be free for students and anyone else in the community who wishes to come.
All movies will be held in the Plaster Student Union.
Forbidden Planet, which played last night, was the first in the series that will last into December.
The next film to play will be Fahrenheit 451, which will show at 7 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union on Oct. 1.
It is the film adaptation of the widely popular book by Ray Bradbury - a story set in the future involving a society that fears free thinking in its populace so much that it bans and burns all literature found.
In the story, it is said that books burn at 451 degrees Fahrenheit, thus the name of the book and movie.
The other movies in the series will be 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, The Terminator, and Brazil.
"Science fiction is interesting in that it gives us visions of the future, using different vantage points from the past and speculations about science and technology," says Karen Buzzard, Department Head of Media, Journalism And Film. "The idea is that we will be able to make comparisons of different writers' views of the future."
The event will be free for students and anyone else in the community who wishes to come.
All movies will be held in the Plaster Student Union.
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