Friday April 17,1998
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SUA sponsors movie-screening of Guinea Men
Director LeGros speaks tomorrow after film showing
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
To keep with the theme of its experimental movies week, Student Union Activities will bring to campus the director of an experimental movie about experimental subjects.
Independent director Tom
LeGros will screen his movie Guinea Men at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The movie will be preceded by two short films by LeGros, L&M and Meat and followed by a question and answer session.
SUA spent $700 to bring LeGros to campus. The screening is part of Flixtour '98, a national event promoting independent movies and directors on college campuses.
LaGros: Director to screen film tomorrow on campus
astray, the "guinea men" continue to submit to the tests.
Guinea Men, filmed in 1996, is about seven men who lease their bodies to a drug testing facility, and lose control of their bodily functions. Even as the study goes
"It looks like it's going to be an
introduced a political perspective to it.
Jeff Hyman, director of entertainment at Auburn Moon, the college booking agency for Flitxtour, said he considered the movie an outstanding piece of work.
interesting movie," Calderon said. "The topic is a popular one on campus."
"It makes you feel like you're part of the insanity in the movie," he said. "It will leave you questioning a lot of things."
Hyman said LeGros himself was a human guinea pig at a medical research facility in Austin. He said the experience was what inspired the script for Guinea Men. He said LeGros gave a new meaning to "go to bed with a movie." LeGros did the editing and sound composition for Guinea Men on his personal home computer and worked with an unknown cast.
"Tom is one of the most laid-back people I know," Hyman said. "He's kind of reserved, but always has a smile on his face, besides being totally talented."
To keep costs low, LeGros shot the 16 mm-movie at night and on weekends so the cast could continue to work their regular jobs.
Other movies by LeGros are Dick and Jane (1986), Steve Gets a Job (1994) and Psycho-boy and Friends (1995).
SUA MOVIE EVENT
- Independent movie Guinea Men will be screened at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Two short films by director Tom LeGros, L&M and Meat, will follow the movie.
LeGros will conduct a question and answer session to conclude the screening.
- SUA paid $700 for LeGros to screen his movie on campus.
NETWORK EVENT THEATER PRESENTS A FREE PREMIERE SCREENING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS @ Woodruff Auditorium
8 PM Tuesday April 21st
FREE ADMISSION*
with voucher
INFO?: 864-SHOW
www.ukans.edu/~sua
- Vouchers will be distributed from the SUA office the day of the event.
Passes required. Seating is limited and not guaranteed. Please arrive early.
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