The 麻豆传媒 City University Film Institute series will continue at 2 p.m. Oct. 16 with Zhang Yimou鈥檚 鈥淐oming Home.鈥� This year鈥檚 series is based on the theme 鈥淥n Being Mortal.鈥�
All films in the series are screened free to the public in the Kerr McGee Auditorium of Meinders School of Business at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
The series is supported in part by the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund and endowments through 麻豆传媒 and the 麻豆传媒 City Community Foundation.
In 鈥淐oming Home,鈥� Zhang creates a moving story set after China鈥檚 Cultural Revolution. Having been released from a labor camp where he was sent as a political prisoner, Lu returns home years later searching for his beloved wife, played by Zhang鈥檚 often-cast actress and muse Gong Li. The husband and wife struggle to recognize each other after great trauma.
The New York Times stated 鈥淶hang鈥檚 keen and universal view of human nature raises his work far above its own visual beauty and into the realm of timeless storytelling.鈥�
The theme of this year鈥檚 season is based on Atul Gawande鈥檚 recent book 鈥淏eing Mortal.鈥� Winn, director of the series, said the films were selected to show 鈥渉ow we, as individuals and a culture, confront, avoid and deal with finitude.鈥� Topics covered include how societies deal with people who are aging, the importance of life and how it is lived with need for a healthy and ethical awareness in knowing we all ultimately die.
A discussion session follows each film screening for those who wish to participate. Other dates and films in the series are:
* Oct. 30, Naji Abu Nowar鈥檚 鈥淭heeb鈥�
* Jan. 22, Francois Truffaut鈥檚 鈥淭he Last Metro鈥�
* Feb. 5, Lasse Hallstrom鈥檚 鈥淢y Life as a Dog鈥�
* Feb. 19, Asghar Farhadi鈥檚 鈥淔ireworks Wednesday鈥�
* March 5, Ciro Guerra鈥檚 鈥淓mbrace of the Serpent鈥�
For more information about the series, call 405-208-5707 or visit .
