Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is Dodsworth (1936), directed by Wyler, William

Additional Resources

GENERAL

TCM page: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73332/dodsworth#overview

Cinafilm page: https://www.cinafilm.com/movies/dodsworth-1936/  (includes trailer and links to additional reviews)

AFI catalog entry: https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4065

REVIEWS

Danielle Solzman (2020): https://www.solzyatthemovies.com/2020/11/09/dodsworth-beautifully-remastered-on-blu-ray/?expand_article=1

Tom Dirks (2019): https://www.filmsite.org/dods.html  (has extended plot synopsis)

Dennis Schwartz (2019): https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/dodsworth/

Variety (1936): https://archive.org/details/variety123-1936-09/page/n271/mode/2up?view=theater

Nate Washburn (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-F96TKE_XM (5 mins 15 secs)

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR (William Wyler)

Farran Smith Nehme (2017), ‘William Wyler’s demanding sets were a rite of passage for Hollywood’s greatest stars’ 

https://www.villagevoice.com/william-wylers-demanding-sets-were-a-rite-of-passage-for-hollywoods-greatest-stars/

William Wyler.com: http://www.williamwyler.com/

Senses of Cinema: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/great-directors/wyler/

[with filmography and some (broken) links to other articles]

OTHER RESOURCES

Books:

791.43 

Conversations with the great moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at the American Film Institute (2006)

[William Wyler’s entry appears in pps. 203-217]

791.43

De Forest, Sloan

     The essential directors (2021)

[William Wyler appears in pps. 147-151]

 

and don’t forget the novel itself!

FICTION

Lewis, Sinclair

     Arrowsmith / Elmer Gantry / Dodsworth