GSN Film Club Opening

I've been thinking for quite a while now to arrange some kind of a get together where me and my friends could watch selected movies and then chat and exchange impressions regarding different issues which don't necessarily have a scientific focus. Of course, the living room of one's apartment is most probably an obvious choice, but then again you need something bigger than a laptop screen; some decent speakers; sufficient seating possibilities for all those willing to join, and the list could go on. You can buy of course most of those things (but then again - the student status is somehow in the way) and if you have the room to store everything in the mean time while it's not being used then you've only solved half the problem - the really tough part is to synchronize the timetables of all of your friends and get them in your living room at that time and date. If you didn't try to arrange something like this (and I'm not talking about some random film-night at a gone-wrong birthday party) then believe me - it's a pain in the arse.

The solution?!...Well...here I propose a shy attempt to get things going in this direction. I spoke to Catherine, and she was very enthusiastic about the idea of forming a weekly film club within the GSN. The necessary gear is there anyway - including projectors, sound systems and loads of chairs - and the fact that most of us are orbiting around the bio-center makes is a very good choice in terms of synchronizing everybody. Having the film club as a public event linked to the uni has also other positive aspects - get to know people from different groups in a non-scientific framework and if none of this works, maybe a good film sometime in the evening after a hard and long day looking though the microscope will do it.

The films that will be show will be announced ever so often though this blog and there will be also a link from the GSN/GRK calender from each of the dates of the screening. The list of films is still an open thing, any suggestions are welcome. We might even end up voting for one or the other title - everything is still pretty much in the air - which is not a bad aspect. The major guideline which I'm hoping for this club is that the films shown should be artistic or philosophical or "hard" - the kind of movies which spark discussions and are much more enjoyable when watched as a group. I'm really sorry for Terminator, Sex and the City, Ghost Busters and Titanic.

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The first screening will be on the

6th of June, 19:15 in the GSN seminar room

, after the BCCN talk!

***Most probably there will be some free beers and snacks offered kindly by the GSN.

Les triplettes de Belleville (2003)

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Production Countries: France | Belgium | Canada | UK

IMDB page: here