Society

the society is never the most obvious or the most mainstream. It does not need to be. What the society is all about is to promote deeper understanding of film aesthetic, film culture, film history and to invite all participants to share their views, to give their opinions, to enrich the others with their insights. Every single person who has shared those experiences, knows that we first start with a short presentation of the film given by Brian himself in his usual style, then we head on to watching the movie itself and after its end, we discuss it. Anyone who has any fleeting interest in film or who can call himself a cineaste or a cinephile is welcome. One could only benefit from being a part of this society whose main aim is to enrich its members and to provoke an honest and lively conversation about film and all its varied features. The last reason I can name for you to join this particular society is the current season which we all enjoy so much – it is titled the G.O.A.T. season and features a selection of films from the masters of cinema who have left their impressive signatures on the seventh art as we know it today.

The Film Society or Film Soc, as we usually refer to it, is a unique society among the vast array of student-led societies affiliated with the University of Dundee. Unlike most other societies run by students, Film Soc is in fact founded by a lecturer and is run by that same senior staff member. He is the one who picks the themes which serve as a sort of framework for each respective season, i.e., semester, and it is also he who selects the films which he deems most relevant to those themes. It would not be an exaggeration or an overstatement to claim that without that man, the University’s Film department which is already so negatively impacted and handicapped will lose its beating heart and soul, its engine, its most devoted and passionate lead. That lecturer’s name is indeed Dr Brian Hoyle. All of you who have already met him, know by now what kind of a person he is. For those who have not yet been acquainted with him, I will simply write that his passion is contagious, his knowledge is vast and his opinions are strong and sometimes quite radical. His society captures really well his beliefs and his tenets. What is shown in