The Power Of One In Steven Spielberg Films (OOL)
Virtual /Online | Available (Membership Required)
In Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning Schindler’s List (1993), a character quotes from scripture: “He who saves a life saves the world entire. ” Through scene-by-scene analysis, this program explores variations on this theme across a selection of Spielberg films. With a focus on dialogue and action that reveal characters’ inner beliefs and moral choices, we will examine how the world is saved—or not. We will analyze the following films: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, Saving Private Ryan, Munich, and Schindler’s List.
MONDAYS, OCTOBER 20 THROUGH NOVEMBER 24
Noon CT | Each live session is 90 minutes
Monday, October 20
Monday, October 27
Monday, November 3
Monday, November 10
Monday, November 17
Monday, November 24
As this class is delivered by the National Resource Center for OLLIs (NRC) at Northwestern University, you will receive a welcome email from osheronline@northwestern.edu. The email will include your credentials (username & password) as well as a hyperlink to the Osher Online Website through which you will access your course website. Please save the link once you receive it. Multi-session courses will use this same link each week.
Bernard Epps
Bernard (Butch) Epps earned his undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University, graduating cum laude as an award-winning film production major. He received his MFA from the UCLA School of Film and Television’s graduate Producers Program, where he specialized in story development and working with screenwriters. At UCLA, he served as the academic liaison to the MFA Producers Program faculty, which included studio heads, development executives, and industry professionals. Epps has taught film appreciation courses with a strong emphasis on story analysis.