News Archives - 2007
Classic film series continues
The Augsburg Classic Film Society continues with Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 7-10 p.m. in Old Main 18.
Set in the year 2026, "Metropolis" gives Fritz Lang's vision of the what the world would be like if people went on living the way that they were in 1926 (the year the film was made). Many consider it to be the first science fiction film.
The event is free and open to the Augsburg community and public.
The Augsburg Classic Film Society is the brain-child of professors David Apolloni, Mark Fuehrer and Bob Cowgill. “After using film in my philosophy classes for years to illustrate ideas, I thought this society a good way to build intellectual community and provide exposure to students concerning classic films which they otherwise might not see,” reports Apolloni.
Other films scheduled for screening this spring include: F. W. Murnau's “Sunrise” (1927) and G. W. Pabst's “Pandora's Box” (1929) for which to students from the Music Department are working on a student-faculty colloborative project to provide live piano accompaniment for the silent film. For more information contact David at apolloni@augsburg.edu.