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42 YEARS:
Richard Slotkin, the Olin Professor of English, professor of American
studies, was honored at a retirement reception May 5 in the Center for Film Studies
by more than 100 current and former students, faculty and staff. Janine Basinger,
at left, the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies, chair of the Film
Studies Department and curator of Cinema Archives. Slotkin
taught the course Western Movies: Myth, Ideology and Genre during the
spring semester. |
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At the conclusion of Slotkin's class, he
showed the film Three Amigos. A mariachi band performed tying together the Three Amigos theme.
Three Amigos is a satire on Westerns, full of in-jokes and references to
films Slotkin's students have seen in his classes. "So it's a treat for
the students to see Three Amigos, and a chance for them to test
and recognize the expertise they've acquired over the course of the
semester," Slotkin said. |
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Slotkin watches a personalized video-message
from John Landis, director of Three Amigos. Landis congratulated
Slotkin on his 42 year-career at Wesleyan.
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Students exit the reception to music by the
mariachi band. (Photos by Olivia Bartlett)
A video of the event, filmed by Gabe Elder '11, is online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt6VL7WQm60&eurl=http://wesleying.blogspot.com/. |
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