Film Appreciation Class

Spring 2025

"Dreams as Movies, Movies as Dreams"

How to Register

Emeritus professor Dale Pollock will present a new film appreciation series this Spring, entitled "Dreams as Movies, Movies as Dreams." 

This series of four weekly classes examines "Waking Life," directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke; "On Body and Soul," a Hungarian film about a couple who comes together because they share the identical dream; "3 Women," a Robert Altman film starring Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall; and "Peter Ibbetson," a 1935 Paramount release starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding.

Each class concludes with a Q&A discussion.

Instructor

Dale M. Pollock (opens in new tab) has produced 13 feature films, including "Set It Off," "Mrs. Winterbourne," "A Midnight Clear," "The Beast" and "Blaze." His films have received four Academy Award nominations and have won several awards, including Best Film at the Cleveland and Houston film festivals.

He was chief film reviewer for Daily Variety, chief film reporter for the Los Angeles Times (where he was a Pulitzer Prize nominee) and author of “Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas,” first published in 1984 with more than 150,000 copies in print. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the Producers Guild; the Writers Guild of America, West; and frequently speaks at film festivals and conferences.