{"id":26387,"date":"2018-10-09T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26387"},"modified":"2018-10-09T15:59:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:59:30","slug":"apsu-hosting-slapstick-film-festival-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/10\/09\/apsu-hosting-slapstick-film-festival-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU hosting Slapstick Film Festival this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Austin Peay State University (APSU)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; This fall, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Languages and Literature will take a look at cinema\u2019s zanier side during its Slapstick Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Every year the department, which offers a film studies minor, presents a free film genre series that introduces students and community members to masterworks in different film categories.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_435645\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/APSU-hosting-Slapstick-Film-Festival-this-fall.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435645\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-435645\" title=\"Slapstick Film Festival to be held this fall at Austin Peay State University.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/APSU-hosting-Slapstick-Film-Festival-this-fall-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Slapstick Film Festival to be held this fall at Austin Peay State University.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-435645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slapstick Film Festival to be held this fall at Austin Peay State University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last year, the series focused on science fiction films, while this year audiences will enjoy humorous works by such legends as Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>The Slapstick Festival begins at 5:30pm on Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 in room 120 of the APSU Art + Design building with a screening of \u201cSafety Last!,\u201d Harold Lloyd\u2019s classic silent comedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a piece of comic architecture, it\u2019s impeccable,\u201d the late Orson Welles said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety Last!\u201d is on the American Film Institute\u2019s Top 100 lists for Best Comedy, Best Thrills and Best of 100 Years. Lloyd plays a charming boy-next-door who encounters the myriad mishaps common to the slapstick genre. One of the movie\u2019s most memorable scenes features Lloyd dangling from a skyscraper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNinety years later, the structure of \u2018Safety Last!,\u2019 Lloyd\u2019s fourth full-length feature, is instantly recognizable to the modern viewer,\u201d Ed Park, former editor of the Village Voice\u2019s Literary Suppliment, wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s still the template for the contemporary action flick, in which the story sets up a spectacular chase or fight sequence at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival will present films at 5:30pm every Wednesday in October, and one Tuesday in November, in the APSU Art + Design building, with an intermission for pizza and beverages. Austin Peay faculty members will also present information and lead discussions on the films.<\/p>\n<h3>The festival\u2019s schedule includes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>October 10th<\/strong>, \u201cSafety Last!,\u201d Harold Lloyd<\/li>\n<li><strong>October 17th<\/strong>, \u201cSherlock Jr.,\u201d Buster Keaton<\/li>\n<li><strong>October 24th<\/strong>, \u201cA Night at the Opera,\u201d the Marx Brothers<\/li>\n<li><strong>October 30th<\/strong>, \u201cModern Times,\u201d Charlie Chaplin<\/li>\n<li><strong>November 7th<\/strong>, \u201cSleeper,\u201d Woody Allen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For information on the festival, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/langlit\/specialevents\/filmfestival.php\" >www.apsu.edu\/langlit\/specialevents\/filmfestival.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Peay State University (APSU) Clarksville, TN &#8211; This fall, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Languages and Literature will take a look at cinema\u2019s zanier side during its Slapstick Film Festival. 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