FIGHT. DREAM. HOPE. LOVE.
The summer is winding down, Fall term is approaching with only a few more weeks to go. Before we are all awash in work, homework, papers, texts to read, and schedules to juggle, the Library would like to encourage you to make the most of the last few weeks of down-time. How? Well, of course we have some fantastic summer reads just to help you relax and forget for a bit all the stresses of the world. For more on that, read here. We also have a few more weeks of free movies planned for you to wrap up our summer film series. Remember, anyone is welcome to come. With the last three films, we've saved the best stories for you.
This week we will be showing the 2012 sensation Les Miserables that earned its directors and principle cast 8 Academy Award nominations and three wins. But that's not why we chose this film to watch with you. It's the story. The characters of Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, are some of the greatest literary characters of all time. The film byline captures it all. FIGHT. DREAM. HOPE. LOVE.
This story is about one man's quest to hope, to dream, and to fight for his freedom. He transforms his life, vowing to only do good and bring no harm to all he meets. It is the great story of human redemption. Jean Valjean, played by Hugh Jackman, is a released prisoner whose whole life has shown that the world is against him. He never has a fair chance at life until a priest gives him a chance in an act of selfless generosity. This one act of human kindness changes his life and all of those he meets in remarkable ways. Put to the incredible moving music of the Broadway writing team Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, this film captures what all that is inspiring and beautiful in each of the characters, their struggle for their own dreams and freedom,
Now, I know some of you will initially balk at the word musical. Yes, there is singing. There is a lot of singing. But there is so much more. If you haven't watched this film or read the book, we challenge you to give it a try. At the very least, this film should inspire you to read the story itself. There is of course a love story. There are battles and death. There is the struggle to have a voice, a say in your world, wrapped in the challenge of young men deciding how to change it. There is unimaginable and fierce hope and the power which it holds to change the fate of a people and a nation. There is deep personal struggles with what is right and wrong. There are characters who define the notion of sacrifice and bravery...and so very much more.
This week we will be showing the 2012 sensation Les Miserables that earned its directors and principle cast 8 Academy Award nominations and three wins. But that's not why we chose this film to watch with you. It's the story. The characters of Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, are some of the greatest literary characters of all time. The film byline captures it all. FIGHT. DREAM. HOPE. LOVE.
This story is about one man's quest to hope, to dream, and to fight for his freedom. He transforms his life, vowing to only do good and bring no harm to all he meets. It is the great story of human redemption. Jean Valjean, played by Hugh Jackman, is a released prisoner whose whole life has shown that the world is against him. He never has a fair chance at life until a priest gives him a chance in an act of selfless generosity. This one act of human kindness changes his life and all of those he meets in remarkable ways. Put to the incredible moving music of the Broadway writing team Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, this film captures what all that is inspiring and beautiful in each of the characters, their struggle for their own dreams and freedom,
Now, I know some of you will initially balk at the word musical. Yes, there is singing. There is a lot of singing. But there is so much more. If you haven't watched this film or read the book, we challenge you to give it a try. At the very least, this film should inspire you to read the story itself. There is of course a love story. There are battles and death. There is the struggle to have a voice, a say in your world, wrapped in the challenge of young men deciding how to change it. There is unimaginable and fierce hope and the power which it holds to change the fate of a people and a nation. There is deep personal struggles with what is right and wrong. There are characters who define the notion of sacrifice and bravery...and so very much more. 
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