PAS Program Calendar
Events in April 2006
IRC close on May 1st, 2nd and 29th.
You can register to these events by email (irchanoi@gmail.com), phone (844-8314580, ext. 207, 149) or fax (844-8314601).
Our office is located at the Rose Garden Tower (RG), 170 Ngoc Khanh Street. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.
Film showing: To Kill A Mockingbird
Time: 2:00-4:30pm, Friday, April 21, 2006
Venue: 3rd Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Ranked 34 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest American Films, To Kill a Mockingbird is quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever made. A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, the film retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter (racism in the Depression-era South) and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance, justice, integrity, and loving, responsible parenthood. It's tempting to call this an important "message" movie that should be required viewing for children and adults alike, but this riveting courtroom drama is anything but stodgy or pedantic. What emerges from this evocative, exquisitely filmed drama is a pure distillation of the themes of Harper Lee's enduring novel, a showcase for some of the finest American acting ever assembled in one film, and a rare quality of humanitarian artistry that seems all but lost in the chaotic morass of modern cinema.
Film showing: Tootsie
Time: 2:00-4:30pm, Friday, April 14, 2006
Venue: 3rd Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
One of the touchstone movies of the 1980s, Tootsie stars Dustin Hoffman as an out-of-work actor who disguises himself as a dowdy, middle-aged woman to get a part on a hit soap opera. The scheme works, but while he/she keeps up the charade, Hoffman's character comes to see life through the eyes of the opposite sex. The script by Larry Gelbart (with Murray Schisgal) is a winner, and director Sydney Pollack brings taut proficiency to the comedy and sensitivity to the relationship nuances that emerge from Hoffman's drag act. Great supporting work from Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, and pre-stardom Geena Davis. But the film finally belongs to Hoffman, who seems to connect with the character at a very deep and abiding level.
America's Golden West: Myths and RealityTime: 2:00-3:30pm, April 26, 2006
Venue: 3rd Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
There is no aspect of American history that has more myths associated with it than the history of the American West or the "frontier." Richard Fried, a Fulbright lecturer at Vietnam National University (and a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago), will examine some of these myths and explode a few. Was the West really an empty place that invited those living in the East to enjoy "a second chance'? Was going west by wagon train really the experience that Hollywood film depicts? Did the typical westerner look like Gary Cooper, John Wayne, or even Clint Eastwood? (And what did "Mrs. Eastwood" do all day while her husband was being a pioneer? How did you become wealthy in the Golden West? By "striking it rich" in California gold? By rustling cattle?
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