DeWolfe offers 'Films of Adventure’
in a series of film classes that
began five years ago.
“I started this thing going,”
said DeWolfe. “There is a
larger film public than there is a
Chairperson Fred DeWolfe literature public. America is
said of his latest class, Films of know by its films. They in­
Adventure: Colonialism and fluence a lot of people, so why
Revolution, held Wednesdays should films be a unacceptable
from 2:30 to 5:30 and 6:30 to way to teach?”
9:30 p.m.
The various classes have
dealt with science fiction,
The class will look at the detectives, war, the Depression,
differences between opposing Film Noire, the American West
ideas and cultures, and will see rebel heros and women as they
such movies as “Khartoum”, related to society at the time. In
“Zulu”, “Sand Pebbles”, and addition the films of such actors
“Gallipoli.” Most of the films as John Wayne, Humphrey
deal with events which occur­ Bogart and director Francis
red in past history during either Ford Coppola have been
the British or American im­ studied.
“We’ve looked at direc-
perial era. The class is another
“The social forces of
America and the world have
been projected in film,” Social
Sciences
Department
tors, stars, art and genre.
“Some look at it cis a
viable learning experience,
some just want to watch
movies. Of course, some peo­
ple don’t do anything in any
class and you can’t blame the
films for that,” said De Wolfe.
However, not everyone
has been receptive to the film
classes. ‘Some people feel that
there s only one way to learn,
and that’s with books and lec­
tures,” DeWolfe said.
Grading in the classes is
based on students watching the
films and doing critical reviews
on them. For a grade above a
“C”, students must read and
review related books.
This term’s class, which
began September 29 with the
showing of Gunga Din, car­
ries three history credits and a
$10 fee.
‘Inchon’: the worst of the worst
By Troy Maben
Of The Print
Take about ten thousand
extras, a few overgrown
firecrackers, a few famous stars
and over
$40 million
from a fanatic religious leader,
and what do you come up
with? You guessed it, the
movie “Inchon.”
“Inchon” is about the
Korean War, or it’s supposed
to be, or more about the inva­
sion of Inchon Harbor in Korea
under the command of
General Douglas MacArthur.
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Before viewing this film at
the Southgate Theatre, I read
Newsweek Magazine’s review
of the film, which called it one
of the worst movies ever made.
Usually, if you’re like me, you
come to exact opposite conclu­
sion that professional reviewers
arrive at. But this time I would
have to agree; it is about the
worst movie I have ever seen.
This movie is supposed to
have cost $ 48 million to
produce, which makes it about
the most expensive movie ever
filmed. The movie’s special ad­
visor is none other than the
Reverend Sun Myung Moon,
leader of the “Moonies,” who is
reported to have put up most
of the money for this film.
The aging MacArthur,
played by the aging Lawrence
Olivier, looks tired and unim­
pressive as the once great
General who single-handedly
I guess no movie would be
any kind of a success without a
pretty female lead, and this
show seems to have written a
script, then added the female
part. The producers probably
could have saved about a
masterminded an impossible
invasion. And that’s about the
entire storyline of the movie,
which could have been cut
down to about a half hour and
made about as much sense.
million dollars without affecting
the, ahem, story one bit by
leaving out the female part,
played by Jaqueline Bisset,
who through the entire movie
looks like she’s on a modeling
assignment instead of being in
a war.
Then there is Ben Gaz-
zara, who plays MacArthur’s
right hand man, and who is
also married to Jaqueline
Bisset, but you wouldn’t know
it unless you were told,
because they’re only together
for about two minutes. Gazzara
is an unfeeling character who is
supposed to play the romantic
tough guy, but comes across as
neither.
This show was boring,
unrealistic, and edited very
sloppily. You’ve heard the old
saying. “If you’ve seen one war
movie you’ve seen them all!”
Well, that saying doesn’t quite
fit for this film. It should be, “If
you’ve seen one war movie,
you’ve seen better!”
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