[Excalibur] FW: Vampire seminars and movies

[John C. Watson]

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> From: Amherst College Sci-Fi/Fantasy Club <sffc at AMHERST.EDU>
> Reply-To: Amherst College Sci-Fi/Fantasy Club <sffc at AMHERST.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:44:35 -0500
> To: SCIFI-L at LISTSERV.AMHERST.EDU
> Subject: Vampire seminars and movies
> 
> Welcome back, all you crazy people!  Aaron (aaronrubman at yahoo.com) has
> been running movie screenings and seminars on the topic of vampire
> legends at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts high school (at the
> intersection of routes 9 and 47), and he'd love to have interested
> parties show up.  Drop him an email for times and other info if you're
> interested.  Here are the scheduled films and seminar topics remaining:
> 
> 1/29 Vampire Princess Miyu (all OAVs)
> Seminar Topic: What elements are used to define a creature from outside
> the western cultures to be a vampire?  How are these vampires different
> from each other and the ones we know?
> 
> 2/2 To be determined
> Seminar Topic: What is the modern vampire myth?  What parts of it are
> appealing, and what parts are frightening (or are they the same)?  How
> do these myths coinside with or differ from the opinions of "Human
> Living Vampires"?
> 
> 2/4 Underworld
> Seminar Topic: Did Underworld rip-off White Wolf?  Did it rip-off modern
> vampire myths?  Did Dracula rip-off older vampire myths?  What are the
> differences between the two, and why are they received so differently?

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Ciao,
     John

John C. Watson
World Otakunization Project, Amherst Division

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