Word: film
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Free University moved into Lawrence Hall yesterday and celebrated its first day of existence with a free film showing and a teach-in on the Black Panther Party by members of the Boston Panthers...
About 50 people attended an "organizational meeting" of the Free University last night. The meeting decided that persons using drugs in Lawrence Hall would be asked to leave. and broke up into committees to discuss scheduling problems and recruit clean-up crews. After the meeting, members of a "film affinity group" showed films...
...down pleasure to read the list of men nominated for excellence in cinematography"), and Elizabeth Taylor. Fred Astaire took part, too, and Cary Grant was there. The Academy gave him a special award, honoring him for his entire acting career, which they brilliantly memorialized by showing a collection of film clips from his movies-there he was, kissing, talking romantically to, and being slapped by what seemed like hundreds of different actresses. This nostalgic bit was probably the most effective part of the show...
...show's producers tried to give the show some topicality, too, by asking a number of famous directors to make some comment on "the new freedom of the film" and showing films of their interviews. Unfortunately, since the Oscar is a remnant of the past, it can't really be made very topical...
...general, the most important awards were given to films of quality. "Midnight Cowboy" won the Best Picture and Best Direction awards and "Z" won the Best Foreign Film award. Yet a number of considerably less important films kept receiving mention on the show. "Anne of a Thousand Days" and "Hello, Dolly" received ten and seven award nominations, respectively...