by Krissy Proctor
Copy Editor
Eager to experience more than just your average movie night, a local audience gathered in Rudd Auditorium Tuesday evening to gain new perspective on the Ten Commandments by previewing a movie that claims to “change everything.”
Bryan students and members of the Dayton community were invited by Student Government Association to attend a preview of the 20th Century Fox film “I Am” at 9:30 pm.
The viewing was free of charge thanks to the film’s producers who decided that the initial release would be for churches and other Christian organizations throughout the country.
Corinne Livesay, director of web communications, was the original sponsor for the film’s release at Bryan, approaching many different campus departments to see if they would host the showing before SGA volunteered.
“I had watched a prerelease version on a DVD they sent me and was impressed with the message of the film and how well done it was,” she said.
Producers intended to release the film on Oct. 10 (10/10/10) in order to capitalize on the subject matter of “I Am,” a story of 10 strangers in the Los Angeles area who unwittingly live out the Ten Commandments in their day-to-day lives–experiencing successes and failures, and through it all a strange, guiding voice of love and compassion. However, since the college was on Fall Break during that time, SGA was forced to move back the premiere.
“The time was less than ideal for accomplishing one goal we had hoped to accomplish, which was to get people from off campus to attend the premiere. But we decided to take advantage of the opportunity at least for our students to be able to attend,” Livesay said.
According to sophomore Amy Morris, vice president of on-campus events, roughly 120 people attended the preview, both students and members of the Dayton community.
After the film, sophomore Wendy Krauss said she found the film intriguing, but sometimes hard to follow in the way that it was presented.
Junior Carlin Nasiatka agreed.
“I really enjoyed it, but I think that it’s one of those movies you have to see twice in order to fully understand,” she said.