Rowan film professor Joseph Bierman will be on hand to discuss the 1952 film, “The Quiet Man,” at the Mullica Hill library.
The Mullica Hill library is teaming with Rowan University’s Radio, Television, and Film Department for a Film 101 event at the library on Saturday, March 15, at 1 p.m.
The event – a partnership between the library and Rowan – will feature professors of the department, along with its chairman, Joseph Bierman, to discuss the 1952 film, “The Quiet Man.”
“In the 1920s,” said the library’s Andrew Brenza, “Sean ‘Trooper Thorn’ Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-born American retired boxer, travels from Pittsburgh to his birthplace of Inisfree to purchase the old family farm. Shortly after arriving, he meets and falls in love with fiery, red-headed Mary Kate Danaher, the sister of bullying Squire ‘Red’ Will Danaher.”
The film’s cast also includes Maureen O’Hara as Mary Kate and Victor McLaglen as Will Danaher. “The Quiet Man” was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2013 for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”.
Bierman and the other Rowan professors will discuss parts of the film and how it portrays its message. According to Rowan’s website, Bierman teaches Film Production 1 and 2, advanced filmmaking, screenwriting and contemporary international cinema.
“His research interests are in film production theory and international film production practices,” the university notes on its website, “particularly in the former Soviet Union and Ireland. Dr. Bierman’s films have appeared at more than 40 film festivals, and he has won the CINE award for two of them, “Araby” and “The Telltale Heart.” His most recent film, “The Open Window,” had its premiere at the 2008 New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University.”
Film 101 will be similar in nature to the library’s classic film club, which meets monthly to watch and talk about a variety of older movies, a different one each month. The event is free and open to both teens and adults. Registration is required in advance at the GCLS website.
