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Casi Massing!11 Above: Michael Endi- cott instructs Thad- deus Sweet on threading the film projector. Left: Chris Nielsen helps put together fliers and schedule the 5th Avenue. Casi Massingill Flicks for st 5th Avenue communitT i For the last three years, PSU's Film Commit­ tee has offered PSU students the opportunity to flavor a wide variety of public film events at the Fifth Avenue Cinema. This past year the committee presented directorial luminaries such as Coppolla, Truffaut, Fassbinder, Cro­ nenberg and Scorsese; artists, whose works en­ compass the entire spectrum of celluloid ex­ pression. "We offered at least two film showings two nights a week, for the entire year," said Carl Bergwall, Film Committee coordinator 1992- 93. "We show about 2,000 to 4,000 movies a year, not including the many Spanish movies , we show during Cinco de Mayo," Bergwall added. The committee is something of a triad, Berg­ wall said. "It's a student group. It's a class and is also voluntary," Bergwall said. "It's all three." The committee is made up of four paid staff, ten students and two volunteers. Membership in the committee is open to all interested stu­ dents, Bergwall said. The committee can actually be added as a regular class through the University's Banner system, Bergwall added. During 1992 the Film committee endeav­ ored to work closely with the various student organizations, university departments and community film groups, Bergwall said. "We tried to work with other groups who were trying to promote their culture through film," Bergwall said. "The Chinese student as­ sociation really took advantage of our facilities this past year." The committee also created strong links with such diverse groups as the English Depart­ ment, Audio Visual, Theater Arts, and the East West Studies center. All this was an effort to enhance the effectiveness and diversification of the Eifth Avenue facility to PSU and the Port­ land community, Bergwall said Theme festivals were also a great part of the committee's activities this last year. "Actors in Director's Chairs" (which included the directo­ rial efforts of movie icons Clint Eastwood and i 92