Volume CXXXIII, Number 3 September 21, 2001 f

Going South with the Film Society
JIM FLANAGAN
Staff Writer

Hopefully by now, all students have received their copies of the Film Society's fall semester schedule (for anyone who hasn't received one, there are copies available at the SU info desk). If you actually held onto yours, you may have seen that this weekend features a series of films about America's South. For any of you from that neck of the woods, these movies might help you feel closer to home. For the rest of us, it will just be a set of fun movies. As always, the films are shown in Smith Auditorium in Sills Hall and are free and open to everyone.

Friday 7:00 p.m.
O Brother! Where Art Thou?
The Coen Brothers' latest is about three fugitives trying to get home to dig up buried treasure before a dam is released and floods the area. It takes place in the Depression era and features an incredible soundtrack of "old-time" music. To ensure you that it's educational entertainment, it's based on the Odyssey by Homer. Don't miss this one.

Friday 9:00 p.m.
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte
This film is considered a Southern Gothic horror tale and concerns an elderly southern belle being driven mad by her cousin. The cousin opens up an old murder case involving the belle's former lover, and consequently ruins the lives of many.

Saturday 7:00 p.m.
My Cousin Vinny
Joe Pesci stars as a Brooklyn lawyer who has to go to the Deep South in order to save his cousin from a murder charge. It is a great fish-out-of-water story, and Marisa Tomei really is superb-don't think that her Oscar for this film was undeserved. If you've never seen this film, you should really check it out.

Saturday 9:00 p.m.
Smokey and the Bandit
I don't think you can find a film that is more stereotypically Southern than this one. Burt Reynolds plays a bootlegger who is chased from state to state by an evil sheriff. Along the way, he picks up a beautiful young hitchhiker and makes friends with lots of truckers. It is basically a 90-minute car chase, but since when is that a bad thing?