Blue Bam features Bunuel films I
By Danell McCoy
Staff writer
His films pushed surrealism into the world of cine
matography and garnered Spanish director Luis Bunuel
global attention for his work.
On January 15-17, the Blue Bam Theatre, 614 S11th St.
in Omaha’s Old Market, will show a double feature of
Bunuel’s films.
The first film will be a 1932 documentary about the Las
Hurdes district in Spain. Named after the region, the film’s
English translation is “Land Without Bread.” While
Bunuel emphasizes the region’s brutal nature, he also
shows the people, who receive pleasure from things that
many take for granted.
“Land Without Bread is fascinating in a cmel way,” said
Kevin Lawler, an employee at the Blue Bam. “The way they
shot the footage is callous and speaks of people in a cold,
(yet) compassionate way.”
The second film, “The Exterminating Angel,” is a satir
ical commentary on Spain’s upper class during dictator
Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s reign. It was filmed in
the 1960s in Mexico and is about a group of dinner guests
who find themselves unable to leave the party. As days pass,
the guests find themselves regressing to a barbarian state.
“The acting is phenomenal,” said Lawler. “The way he
shows the upper class’ manners fall to barbaric gives you an
interesting look on our society.” •
Black comedy brings out the guest’s absurdity, along
with a flourish of surrealism. It stars Silvia Pinal,
Jacqueline Andere and Enrique Garcia Alverez.
Max Barber, cultural editor for The Reader, was the one
who proposed the idea of the Bunuel film series to the Blue
Bam Theatre.
The acting troupe embraced the idea.
Since it takes the theater a month to put a play together,
they had plenty of time and space to shows films in
between. Bunuel’s film series is the Blue Barn’s second
Courtesy Photo
LUIS BUNUEL (LEFT) sits with Salvador Dali, his friend
and fellow surrealist. The two worked together on
Buiiuel’s most famous film, 1928’s “Un Chien Andalou.”
selection.
The films begin at 8:00 p.m. General admission is $5.
Call (402) 345-1576 for more information.
Hobnobbers sponsors
wine-tasting party
By Jason Hardy
Staff writer
Nothing broadens one’s social
and professional contacts like a night
of drinking.
And nobody appreciates a night
of drinking quite like the Lincoln
area group known as the
Hobnobbers, a philanthropic and
social-networking group composed
of young professionals, graduate stu
dents and professionally minded
undergraduates in the Lincoln area.
The group is sponsoring a wine
tasting party Thursday night at the
Blue Heron Wine Bar and Bistro,
5555 S. 48th St. However, along with
the event’s tasty array of Italian
wines, the Hobnobbers are offering
attendees some cultural education as
well.
Ken Meier, owner of the Blue
Heron Wine Bar and Bistro as well as
Meier’s Cork and Bottle, 13th and
South streets, will be explaining
some of the different characteristics
of six or seven featured wines such as
which wines complement certain
foods as well as regional information
and interesting facts
about each wine. v
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with peers and I don’t know any
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have suspected,” Kennedy said.
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professionals meet and interact
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at the same time.
Co-founder Brenden Polt
said the idea for Hobnobbers grew
from what he saw as a lack of interac
tion between young Lincoln profes
sionals.
“We recognized that there was no
young professional community in
Lincoln,” Polt said. “A lot of people
get out of college, go to work and
only associate with co-workers.”
He said the Hobnobbers helped
bring together a number of different
people in different fields who never
would have met otherwise.
Kennedy agrees.
“You just meet all kinds of people
in a lot of different areas,” she said.
“And there’s not really a ‘topic of dis
cussion’ because everybody is so dif
ferent. We talk about everything.”
While many of the Hobnobbers’
events are private to members only,
Thursday’s wine-tasting party is open
to anybody who wishes to attend. For
more information about the
Hobnobbers and how to join, check
out the Web site at http://www.hob
nobbers.org.
The wine-tasting party, at the
Blue Heron Wine Bar and Bistro, is
open to anyone of legal drinking age,
costs $15 and lasts from 7 to 10 p.m.
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