DIVA (the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts) hosts "Behind the Lens", a weekly film seminar that explores the relationship between classic feature films and the culture in which they appeared. The Seminar is offered to the community in collaboration with the University of Oregon Arts and Administration and Academic Extension programs. Each week a single film is screened and discussed.  The host, Tom Blank, is a retired film and television director, who brings illuminating insights to the history of Hollywood and International film production. All films begin at 7:00 PM and are followed by a lecture, discussion and question and answer period.  The duration of each session varies by the screening length of the film. Screenings take place at the UO Baker Center at 7:00 PM. The Center is located at 325 East 10th Street, Eugene.

WINTER TERM 2012 - FROM HITLER TO HOLLYWOOD - PART TWO
Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Otto Preminger, Robert Siodmak, and Edgar G. Ulmer

SEMINAR: Behind the Lens
DATE: Tuesdays, 7:00-9:30
LOCATION: Baker Center Auditorium 325 E. 10th Ave.

All participants must register REGISTRATION ONLINE: $15 non-credit for entire term (see prorated dates below) Through February 14, the registration fee is $15 From February 15 onwards, the registration fee is $9 Register onlie at: http://center.uoregon.edu/courses/course_desc.php?CourseKey=634721   REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR Through January 31, the registration fee is $15. February 1 to February 7, the registration fee is $12. February 8 through March 6, the registration fee is $9. March 7 through March 20, the registration fee is $3. REGISTRATION: OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING MEMBERS ONLY: $5 for entire term

SEMINAR PROGRAM. This winter the Behind the Lens Seminar will continue its examination of films by German directors exiled by the Nazi Party in 1933. The seminar will focus on Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Otto Preminger, Robert Siodmak, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Please note that our screenings now require registration for the entire class session.

Tues. Jan. 10 “People On Sunday” ( Silent. 1930 - 74 min)
Director: Robert Siodmak
Plot: Follows the lives of a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day during the interwar period.
Actors: Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen, Christl Ehlers and Annie Schreyer

Tues. Jan. 17 Double Feature

“The Black Cat” (1934 - 65 min.)
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Plot: Two young honeymooners, Peter and Joan Alison, are vacationing in Hungary when they learn that due to a mix up in the reservations, they must share a train compartment with Dr. Vitus Werdegast
Actors: Boris Karloff, Béla Lugosi and David Manners

“Detour” (1945 - 67 min.)
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Plot: Chance events trap hitch-hiker Al Roberts in a tightening net of film noir trouble.
Actors: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald and Tim Ryan

Tues. Jan. 24 “Laura” (1945 - 88 min.)
Director: Otto Preminger
Plot: Detective Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura, found dead on her apartment floor.
Actors: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson

Tues. Jan. 31 “The Killers” (1946- 103 min.)
Director: Robert Siodmak
Plot: Two hit men come to a small town to kill gas station attendant Ole Andresonaka "the Swede". The Swede's coworker warns him, but strangely, he makes no attempt to flee...
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene

Tues. Feb. 7 "The Search” (1948 - 104 min.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Plot: In the Post-War Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy to find his mother.
Actors: Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Jarmila Novotná, Wendell Corey and Ivan Jandl

Tues. Feb. 14 “Ace in the Hole” (1951 - 111 min.)
Director: Billy Wilder
Plot: A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur and Porter Hall

Tues. Feb. 21 “High Noon” (1952 - 85 min.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Plot: A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him.
Actors: Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly

Tues. Feb. 28 “Stalag 17” (1953 - 120 min.)
Director: Billy Wilder
Plot: When two escaping American World War II prisoners are killed, the German POW camp barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer.
Actors: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Peter Graves and Neville Brand

Tues. Mar. 6 “From Here to Eternity” (1953- 118 min.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Plot: In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober and Jack Warden

Tues. Mar. 13 “Witness for the Prosecution” (1957 - 111 min.)
Director: Billy Wilder
Plot: Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise.
Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton

Tues. Mar. 20 “Advise and Consent” (1962 - 139 min.)
Director: Otto Preminger
Plot: Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Actors: Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford and Gene Tierney