Superb Suspense: Classic Movie Discussions, with Bobbie Stein

Superb Suspense: Classic Movie Discussions, with Bobbie Stein
(2 sessions)

Wed, Sept 25, Oct 9 2:45-4pm

This 2-session course focuses on suspense thrillers, each one focuses on a sensational film from Hollywood’s most dazzling classics. Bobbie discusses each movie, shows its trailer and selected video clips, and the backstory of the production, director and stars. Session #1: Three Days of the Condor (1975). On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that all of his coworkers have been murdered. Horrified, Joe flees the scene and tries to tell his supervisors about the tragedy.

Unfortunately, he soon learns that CIA higher-ups were involved in the murders. With no one to trust, and a merciless hit man close on his tail, Joe must somehow survive long enough to figure out why his own agency wants him dead. Also starring Faye Dunaway, Max Von Sydow, and Cliff Robertson. Directed by Sidney Pollack. Session #2: Seven Days in May (1964) is about a military-political cabal's planned takeover of the US government, all in reaction to a weakened president's negotiation of a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union.

The film, starring Burt Lancaster as the widely popular general planning the coup d’etat, also stars Kirk Douglas, Fredric March and Ava Gardner. Directed by John Frankenheimer from a screenplay by Rod Serling, based on the novel of the same name. Bobbie asks that you watch the movies before class. The movies are available on Amazon Prime. Bobbie was a writer and editor at People and US Magazines, and a researcher and producer at ABC, NBC, and CBS News. She’s a lifelong lover of movies.