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While in California this summer, Backus contacted various entertainment industry officials to ask for their advice and assistance with his new organization; several of them agreed to help...
...Backus expects that these advisors will suggest good movies to show and will help arrange for guest speakers to appear...
...addition to entertaining the community, Backus says that the club will endeavor to make movies of its own. Since the cost of making an hour-long 16mm sound film is close to $15,000, Backus says that the film society has applied for money from the Undergraduate Council and the Office of the Arts to defray the costs. He adds that the club hopes for "pure profit" from the screenings in the Science Center...
...Backus says, "Film-making here is excellent but primarily documentaries." He adds that he would like to "give students access to the narrative film making process" and wants his club's product to be about a "Harvard-related topic...
Although current club enrollment totals only 27, Backus says that up to 50 people will be involved in the production of the movie. "We really want to get as many students involved as possible," he adds...