Introduced by Annette Insdorf, Columbia University Film Professor and author of “Philip Kaufman," on October 26 at 11 AM
 

In 1947, when the future began somewhere in the middle of the California desert, a pilot flies faster than the speed of sound... Flying higher, faster and harder than anyone before ... always pushing the boundaries, always living on the edge ... the American Air Force test pilots are the bravest, the best and the most daring--the men with The Right Stuff. Suddenly, these men become the first to ride a rocket as the United States races to put the first man on the moon in this true story of the Mercury astronauts. Based on the best-selling book by Tom Wolfe.

 

_{Annette Insdorf is Professor of Film at Columbia University's School of the Arts, and Moderator of the popular "Reel Pieces" series at the 92nd Street Y, where she has interviewed 300 film celebrities. She is the author of the landmark study, “Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust” (with a foreword by Elie Wiesel); “Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski”; “Francois Truffaut", a study of the French director's work; "Philip Kaufman", and “Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has”. Her latest book is “Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes”, currently in its fourth printing.}