All performances are free and are held in Alice Pratt Brown Hall unless otherwise noted. Programs are subject to change without notice. For general information on concerts call 527-4933. Featuring Norman Fischer, cello and Jeanne Kierman, piano. Doors open one-half hour prior to screening and close 15 minutes after listed screening time.
Double features count as one screening for subscription passes.
H.G. Welles' novel about an invasion of Earth by Martians is updated to 1950s California and features amazing special effects. Film is based more on Welles' radio broadcast than the book. A metaphor for the homogenization of the 1950s American culture, the plot also reflects the political paranoia of the McCarthy era. A portrait of Werner Herzog which encompasses his childhood, his early sense of mission and self-imposed ordeals, and the genesis and production of his films, featuring clips from many of the works to be screened in the current media center tribute. Beset with complications, Welles' interpretation of Shakespeare's tale of the tragic Moor of Venice, the film was shot on locations throughout Europe and North Africa with a multinational cast.