Library facilitates movie research

By Doug Cummings

Arizona Daily Wildcat

When the cinema depicts an event from the past,many issues present themselves. Why is this material considered pertinent today? How much dramatic license do the filmmakers have in their representation of history? What tools are available for students to research the events in question?

Thursday, the University of Arizona Main Library and the English department are co-sponsoring their latest roundtable discussion in "From Page to Screen: Literature and Film."

The event will be held in the Social Sciences Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and will be an open discussion led by faculty and graduate students from the English, media arts, comparative literary studies and history departments.

Using the current critically acclaimed motion picture "Quiz Show" as a base, the panelists will consider what happens when a historical event is made into a movie. Much of the discussion's emphasis will be centered on the avenues available for interdisciplinary research and writing.

Louise Greenfield, fine arts/humanities librarian, says the roundtable discussion will be the third of four in their ongoing series "Speaking of Literature: Reading, Writing and Researching." She said, "they are meant to strengthen the connection between faculty research, the library and the classroom."

Another fine arts/humanities librarian, Bonnie Travers, explained, "if someone wanted to get the actual transcripts of what Charles Van Doren (the central contestant in 'Quiz Show') said, they could find them at the library."

In the age of subjective cinematic representation, "From Page to Screen: Literature and Film" will offer knowledgeable resources to the interested viewer, both through its faculty involvement and suggested avenues for research.

For information, contact Louise Greenfield, 621-9919.

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