The Oberlin Community Big Read Film Series
Censorship, Media Control and Falsehood at the Movies
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Four Fantastic Films that Follow up on Features of Ray Bradbury's
Future Fiction, Fahrenheit 451
Future Fiction, Fahrenheit 451
Wednesdays • 7:00 pm • Oberlin Public Library • Free •
Fun • Thought-provoking • Free popcorn!
January 5 | Pleasantville | Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire are 1980s teens who find themselves living in the complacency of a 1950s TV show. Things begin to change! |
January 12 | Good Night and Good Luck | George Clooney directs and acts in this docu-drama about the courageous TV anchorman Edward R. Murrow resisting authority in the Cold War. |
January 19 | The Truman Show | Jim Carrey and Laura Linney star in a 1998 fantasy comedy about a perfect small town life that turns out to be a media fraud. |
January 26 | Wag the Dog | Hollywood spin artists invent a war to win a presidential election. A 1998 comedy with Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Anne Heche. |
The Big Read is funded by the NEA in cooperation with the IMLS and Arts Midwest, and sponsored by Oberlin College, Oberlin Public Library and the Oberlin City Schools, 2010/11.
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