October 3, 2002
Contact: Anne K. Johnson (509-963-3468/fax 509-963-2301/e-mail: johnsann@cwu.edu)
ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Central Washington University's Classic
Film Series continues with “Life on a String,” a 1991 drama from China
that will be screened Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in McConnell Auditorium.
The story is of a blind boy who is promised by his mentor
that he will eventually regain his sight if he devotes his life to
music. The boy becomes a blind old man who regards music as a path to
higher truth.
Director Kaige Chen won the Golden Tulip award for this film
at the 1992 Istanbul International Film Festival. The 110-minute film
in Mandarin has English subtitles.
Tickets for each feature in the CWU Classic Film Series are
$3 for single admission, and $12 for a bargain pass of five admissions.
Single admission tickets are available at the door. Bargain passes
are available at the Samuelson Union Building (SUB) Information Booth,
CWU English department and Jerrol’s.
For more information, or for persons of disability to arrange
for reasonable accommodation, call (509) 963-1691, or (for the hearing
impaired) TDD (509) 963-3323.
