The idea of having a film club in law school is not a new one. But we certainly feel that we need a forum where students can screen films, read about and discuss them, argue over directors, camera techniques, convince others why some film is the greatest film ever and say things like, “F**k, you haven’t seen it. What’s wrong with you?” Obviously all of this happens even now, but at a very small scale. Most screenings happen only when someone from LnD or Law and Society takes the initiative. Majority of students aren’t ‘into films/cinema’. And so the need for a dedicated film club.
So, what’ll the proposed film club do?
Well, screen films for one. One film a week, at least, as per a pre-decided schedule, with a theme. It could be four Kubricks in one month, or a French New Wave month or a month of American gangster films or a Satyajit Ray bonanza or four independent/documentary films. Anything[1]. However, we wish to have a mix of “serious” and popular/mainstream films so as to involve a larger part of the law school community.
In order to further engage the students with the medium of cinema, members of the film club would also circulate articles/essays on the film/genre/director, film theory etc. A blog will be maintained where interested students can follow-up internet resources on cinema. We may even have after-screening discussions, if students so wish.
The film club will also be responsible for inviting experts to conduct film appreciation workshops. In addition, we also plan to organize an annual week-long Film Festival in law school. The festival will have film critics, theorists, directors (if possible) who’ll conduct lectures and screen films of various genres.
We are sure there are many cinema-enthusiasts out there, waiting with suggestions, ideas, comments. Do turn up for the first film screening, and we’ll decide how to take this forward.
The theme for July is Film Noir and we are screening Maltese Falcon (1941). Please read the attached notice for a short note on ‘Film Noir’ and the film.
| (Ankur Singla) | (Shubho Banerjee) | (Sidharth Chauhan) |
| (Pranesh Prakash) | (Arjun Ghose) | (Cyril Diengdoh) |
| (Aju John) | (Spandan Biswal) | (Poongkhulali B) |
| (Ganeev Kaur) | (M V Swaroop) | (Raman Chima) |
[1] “Why not four Govinda flicks?”, you may ask. And we don’t have good answers. Maybe one is that you’d get to see them anyway. The club will try and screen films which are not freely accessible or which are acclaimed classics. For a better reasoned answer, read Roger Ebert’s (a well-respected
1 comment:
amitabh bacchan films were really good though ironically enough i missed out on most of the movies but well...maltese falcon frankly was an utter dissapointment esp when i had casablanca in mind, looking forward to other good movies, i was wondering if we could get to see "where eagles dare" on the big screen...
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