VERO BEACH — Some of the many ways that families cope with issues between parents and children will be on view in a film studies course to be held at the Vero Beach Museum of Art beginning in January.
The course, titled Trends in International Cinema: Generations, should not only be enjoyable but also provide insight into the inner workings of familial relationships from the viewpoint of filmmakers from five different foreign countries.
Classes in this new five-week course will be held on Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 10, 2012 and continuing through Feb. 7. Students may sign up for either the afternoon session at 1:30 p.m. or the evening session at 7 p.m. as part of this exciting new film studies offering.
“We’ll be seeing an extraordinary collection of recent films in this course that show families coming to grips with new stages in their collective lives,” according to Warren Obluck, the Museum’s film studies coordinator. “Some are funny, some are touching, all are fascinating.”
The selected motion pictures come from Italy, France, Russia, Japan, and Korea. Their stories are all contemporary and deal with different generations in traditional to not-so-traditional families but they all deal with universal issues familiar to us all.
Viewed in the course from Italy will be Gianni di Gregorio’s Mid-August Lunch; from France, Claude Berri’s Hunting and Gathering; from Russia, Radu Mihaileanu’s The Concert; from Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking; and from Korea, Chang-dong Lee’s Poetry.
Films are introduced and discussions are moderated by Obluck, former cultural attaché at the American embassies in Rome, Tokyo, and Manila. He is also a winner of the Indian River County Cultural Council’s Laurel Award for cultural/professional achievement.
Classes are offered in the Museum’s state-of-the-art Leonhardt Auditorium with its 20 x 30 foot screen and surround-sound audio.
Tuition for the five-week course is $60 ($50 for Museum members). Students may register in person, by phone or online at www.verobeachmuseum.org.
To register by phone, call (772) 231-0707, ext. 136. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is located at 3001 Riverside Park Drive.
