Word: izkowitz
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...film society wants to show a prohibited film, its president must contact the managers of Cambridge theaters to ask permission. Sometimes that permission is easily granted, but other times (as when Harold Izkowitz '78, Mather Film Society president, asked the Brattle if he could show a Bogart film) the plea is rejected...
...Izkowitz and Tom Keane '78 of the Quincy House Film Society both think the rules are in restraint of trade, and therefore illegal. But changes in the rules will not come quickly. Izkowitz said he complained about the restrictions at a meeting of the Film Studies Council, a loose union of Harvard film societies, and everyone looked at him as if he were crazy. "They said they thought it wasn't an appropriate time to discuss it, and we should just get to business and divide up the rooms in the Science Center. If that's not the time, when...
Societies sometimes tell distributors they plan to show a film only once to avoid repeated rental charges. Izkowitz said film societies should pay the flat rate each time they show a film, but few do. "Technically, we're supposed to, but that's for rich people, and they know we're not rich," Izkowitz said. He added, "It's funny to say we're from Harvard and we can't afford to pay them...