Lectures

How The Godfather Changed/Saved Hollywood

On Wednesday 15 January at 5pm in 250 KMBL, Prof. Darl Larsen (Theater and Media Arts) will lecture on The Godfather. The title of the lecture is “How The Godfather Changed/Saved Hollywood.” A screening of The Godfather will follow at 5.30pm. Darl Larsen is Professor of Theatre & Media Arts and the Center for Animation at BYU, with emphases in film genres and history, animation, and screenwriting. Some of his recent publications include A Book about the Film Monty Python’s Life of Brian (2018), A Book About the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (2015), and Monty Python’s Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, Thoroughly Unillustrated, Absolutely Unauthorized Guide to Possibly All the References from Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson to Zambesi (2008).