TAKING SIDES
Thursday & Friday, Feb 12 & 13 -- 7pm & 9:15pm

Based on true story.
Like a master conductor, director István Szabó orchestrates the debate from cat-and-mouse intensity to volcanic confrontation to an intriguing finale, making Taking Sides that rare film that demands the audience to engage in a dialogue with the characters and take a position on an issue: in this case, the complicity or innocence of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler, the world-famous conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic during the Third Reich. UK, 2001, English, color, 108 mins., unrated.