Saturday Movies At The Bermuda National Library
The U.S. Consulate, in cooperation with the Bermuda National Library, will be hosting free screenings of movies based on American classics at 11 am and 2 pm on Saturdays in the main library’s meeting room on Queen Street.
November 16: Rappaccini’s Daughter [Based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic]
Set in 18th Century Italy, Rappaccini’s Daughter is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father’s poison garden.
However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatricemasks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment.
In Giovanni’s attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her.
From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another’s soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.
November 23: Paul’s Case [Based on the Willa Cather classic]
Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City.
Once there, Paul experiences everything he ever dreamed of…from a luxurious hotel suite to his first taste of champagne. However, when reality finally comes crashing down around him, Paul realizes the desperate course he must now take. This is a classic American story of a sensitive soul pitted against an uncaring materialistic society.
November 30: The Greatest Man In The World
Brad Davis stars as a 1920s aviator hero whose private image is nothing like his “boy next door” public facade.Only the off-beat humor of writing great James Thurber could bring to life a “hero” like Jack Smurch. Fortified with only a gallon of gin and a salami, Smurch bests even Lindbergh with the first non-stop, around the world flight. D
uring the four days he’s airborne, this unknown kid becomes a world hero. But, on the ground, a young reporter, anxious to tell the world about their new idol, learns Smurch is bad news.
An arrogant, illiterate lout with a police record, Smurch’s only interests are “parties, broads, and dough.” But the reporter is silenced and Smurch is locked up until the press and politicos can make him into their kind of American hero, no matter what the cost.
For more information, please contact Mr. Randolph York, Information Desk Assistant, Bermuda National Library, at 295-3104 [extension 1273] or ryork@gov.bm.
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