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Basque Studies Program Newsletter · Issue
61, 1999
Basque Film Class in Reno this
July
In conjunction with a cinema class being taught this
summer at the University of Nevada, Reno, two of the
award-winning Basque films shown for the class will be open
to the public as part of the fifth annual ARTown Festival
July 1-31, 2000, hosted by the City of Reno. The month-long
Summer Arts Festival will feature more than 200 events
produced by 52 cultural organizations and businesses in
three dozen locations city-wide.
The films, Vacas (Cows), written and directed
by Julio Medem, and Salto al Vacío (Jump into
the Void) by Daniel Calparsoro, are in Spanish with English
subtitles. Released in 1992, the film Cows received
critical acclaim and won first place in two major
international film festivals. It tells the story of the
rivalry and passion existing over three generations between
two families from neighboring Basque
villages.
Jump into the Void portrays twenty-four hours
in the lives of four delinquent youths, at the end of which
they have all been party to a murder. Their actions follow a
cruel logic, as they do exactly what their environment
demands of them. This movie was featured in the Stockholm
and London International Film Festivals for
1995.
The screenings will take place on July 18 and July 20
at 7:30 pm at the Century Theaters Riverside, and are free
of charge to the general public. For admission passes to the
free films please contact the Center for Basque Studies at
784-4854, x254.
The class, “Basques and/in Film: The Shining
Paradox” will be taught by Prof. Jaume
Martí-Olivella of State University of New
York-Albany, where he teaches Peninsular Literatures and
Hispanic Film. Prof. Martí-Olivella has been invited
to Reno by the Center for Basque Studies of the University
of Nevada, Reno, presenter of the film class and public
screenings. For more information on the class, please
contact Continuing Education at
784-4062.
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