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Discuss “Film festival disappoints”

Even those involved with it will tell you: This year?s film festival was by no means a success. Attendance was a trickle, advertising was scant, and technical problems plagued film showings. But the real problem wasn?t with the class that was in charge of the film festival; it was with the way the festival was handled this year, the same problem that has plagued the festival for the last six.

The powers that be in CMU?s College of Humanities and Social Sciences have given the task of organizing a film festival to a different department each year. Originally, the festival was to run a limited number of times; but its occasional successes have extended that timeline. In the past, themes ranged from the Vietnam War to German film to rock ?n? roll;...

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