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This edition: The Stars Look Down





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Episode Details

Original tape date: December 10, 1991.

On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with Leonard Quart (College of Staten Island) and film theorist Peter Wollen (Author, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema) to discuss the Carol Reed film, The Stars Look Down (United Kingdom, 1940). The film is reviewed as part of a series titled Visions of English Society. Recorded on December 10th, 1991 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Media Center.

Efforts to preserve this program were made possible by "Uncovering CUNY's Audiovisual Heritage," a project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Guest List

Prof. Jerry Carlson Professor of Film Studies, City College of New York

Leonard Quart Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Associate editor of Cineaste

Peter Wollen Author, Signs and Meaning in the Cinema