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Film Discussion Series

The presenters in the Spring 2008 Film Discussion Series at BGSP have all coincidentally selected films which share among them nine major Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original or Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress or Actor.

Marjorie Kettell, Ph.D. will be discussing the Ingmar Bergman film, Wild Strawberries, which was nominated for best original screenplay in 1958. The other films have a variety of nominations this year. Thomas Twyman, Cert. Psya. will lead a discussion of No Country For Old Men, Russell Lowe, MA will be discussing Atonement, and William Sharp, MA and Jeffrey Madonna, MA will discuss Lars and the Real Girl.

The film discussion evenings are open to the community at large and provide the opportunity for participants to share their reactions to the films, combining this with some analytic theory, in a congenial atmosphere. The Series has presented fifty-eight film discussion nights since its inception in 1997.

The dates and times are as follows:

Lars and the Real Girl - April 25, 2008 at 7 pm with William Sharp, MA and Jeffrey Madonna, MA, LMHC

Wild Strawberries - May 9, 2008 at 7 pm with Marjorie Kettell, Ph.D., Cert. Psya.

No Country for Old Men - May 23, 2008 at 7 pm with Thomas Twyman, Cert. Psya.

Atonement - June 6, 2008 at 7 pm with Russell Lowe, MA

Each event is $5. Please view film prior to the discussion, as it will not be shown at the event. For more information or to register, call 617-277-3915 or email bgsp@bgsp.edu.