An Evening of Ray Bradbury – The Flying Machine and To the Chicago Abyss

The Flying Machine

Directed by student, Mick Turpin

Safe behind China’s Great Wall, the Emperor is told of a new discovery: a kite that allows men to fly.   When the Emperor decides to execute the “flying man” whose new invention threatens the security of China, the inventor must plead for his life and for the life of his new machine.

To the Chicago Abyss

Directed by student, Matt Sanchez

In a bombed-out city, an old man encounters a young punk whose hostility turns to tears as now-forbidden enjoyments are remembered.   From this place, the old man is given his ticket “to the Chicago abyss” where such things can still be part of life.