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One day in 1942, I was so anxious to see Marcel Carné’s Les Visiteurs du Soir, which at last had arrived at my neighborhood theater, the Pigalle, that I decided to skip school. I liked it a lot. But that same evening, my aunt, who was studying violin at the Conservatory, came by to take me to a movie; she had picked Les Visiteurs du Soir. Since I didn’t dare admit that I had already seen it, I had to go and pretend that I was seeing it for the first time. That was the first time I realized how fascinating it can be to probe deeper and deeper into a work one admires, that the exercise can go so far as to create the illusion of reliving the creation.
                                                                                      FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT
                                                                                      The Films in My Life, 1975

Fall Screenings will introduce you to films you’ll want to see more than once, with or without an aunt. (The screenings also complement the MOVING PICTURES Summer Film Workshop for High School Students, presented by Wonderworks and the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication of the University of Houston in June and July.) Films are introduced, screened and discussed by Keith Houk, Assistant Professor of Communication, UH, and Workshop Director, with occasional presentations by Garth Jowett, Professor of Communication, UH; Craig Cieslikowski, Assistant Professor of Communication, UH; Marian Luntz, Curator of Film, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Charles Dove, Director, Rice University Cinema. Each film is accompanied by a critical article or other related reading.

Films for this fall include: My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946), The Last Metro (Francois Truffaut, 1980), The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1980), The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946), Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976), Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957), The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937), Laura (Otto Preminger, 1945), Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979), My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985), and others.

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Wonderworks is a non-profit organization offering pre-college, after-school enrichment learning opportunities for high school students of special promise and ability.

Enrollment is free and open to all qualified students in grades 9 through 12. To apply, fill out the form provided and mail to:

Be sure to include an e-mail address you can be reached at or through (either your own or that of a parent or teacher). If necessary, transportation may be arranged from campuses with sufficient enrollment. If you have questions or need additional information, please phone 713.301.4882 or e-mail movingpictures@wonderworkshouston.org.

The course will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis for qualified applicants.

This program is made possible in part by AARON'S.

For more information: info@wonderworkshouston.org