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University of Salford / SCREENS AND MEDIATIONS series PRESENTS DAVID WALSH on SOCIALISM AND CINEMA A discussion of the serious failings of contemporary film-making, and some of the historical and intellectual sources of the present crisis. * Why is present-day reality so weakly and inadequately expressed in cinema? * What might a revival be based on? David Walsh is the Arts Editor of the World Socialist Web Site (www.wsws.org), and has been since it was launched in February 1998. David has written about many films and current film-makers, and interviewed a good number of them. David been active in the socialist movement for 40 years. David Walsh in conversation with Robin Wood: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/tff7-o16.shtml “Why are the critics lauding Avatar?”: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/avat-d23.shtml An Interview with British film-maker Mike Leigh: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/dec2008/leig-d05.shtml Hollywood Honours Eliz Kazan – Film-maker and Informer: http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/kaz1-f20.shtml When: 5pm, Monday 25th October Where: 2nd Floor Lecture Theatre, Adelphi House Building 3 on page 3 of this map:http://www.salford.ac.uk/travel/campus-map.pdf NB: Not Adelphi Building, and beware of Google Maps that confuses the two) A L L W E L C O M E ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
