Press Release
Graham School Film Series to Showcase Business on the Big Screen
Films start Jan. 28 with 'Clerks'
CHICAGO (Jan. 20, 2004) - Saint Xavier University's Graham School of Management will host a spring film series, featuring films that examine working people - from two slackers collecting their checks from a convenience store to a detective of the future, hired to hunt down artificially created humans. Films will be shown at 1:30 p.m. in the Graham School of Management's Andrew Hall, 3825 W. 103 rd St., Chicago. Admission is free. The event will be hosted and moderated by Dr. Chris Clott. Films dates are:
"Clerks" to be shown Wednesday, Jan. 28. This 1994 film marks the independent directorial debut of Kevin Smith. This black-and-white work follows a day in the life of two underachieving convenience and video-store clerks. This funny look at over-the-counter culture has become an oft-quoted cult classic.
"Blade Runner," to be shown Wednesday, Feb. 25. This 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott and based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick, presents a bleak vision of the future. Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a Blade Runner, a policeman of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. Deckard wants out of the force, but is drawn back in when five "skin jobs," a slang term for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth.
"A Face in the Crowd," to be shown Wednesday, March 24. In Elia Kazan's 1957 classic, an Arkansas hobo (Andy Griffith) becomes an overnight media sensation. Drunk with fame and power, the newfound star has to live in the limelight without being exposed as the fraud he's become.
"Network," to be shown Wednesday, April 28. Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Robert Duvall star in this Oscar-winning 1976 drama in which a major network exploits an ex-TV anchor's deranged rantings and revelations about the media industry.
For more information on the film series, call
773-298-3600.