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...somewhat entertaining, but not enough so to rescue the film from its overwhelming mediocrity. The opening scene is deceptively promising: a jolly parody of “A Clockwork Orange” in both music and action. Hopes stay high with several scenes of Conway swindling naïves into buying him alcohol. Mirth abounds when Conway drops a garbage bag full of dirty laundry in a coin-fed washing machine to the crescendo of the “2001: A Space Odyssey” theme. But all expectations for a substantial movie are dashed when the screen cuts...
...Early last week, Burgin held a seminar for students of the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES), History of Art and Architecture, and Anthropology departments...
...Professor of Film Studies David Rodowick notes that Burgin’s selection is “part of a plan we’ve had in VES...bridging the studio art and the film and video sides of installation art.” According to Rodowick, this plan has recently been supplemented by the department’s hire of Amie Siegel, whose work combines film, video, sound, and installations...
...Karen J. Adelman ’07, a VES concentrator, brought the group to her Linden St. studio...
...different from criticism and feedback that I’ve received from most professors,” says Amy J. Lien ’09, also a VES concentrator, who showed Burgin and the other seminar members a sample of her installation paintings. “There wasn’t much talk about the content and forms of the work, and more about its connotative and denotative values...