Thomas Hansen

"Prof. Garver"

I am revising the German textbook of which I am co-author (Neue Horizonte) for its 6th edition. My colleague Prof. David Dollenmayer (father of co-star Kate Dollenmayer) and I are also writing a DVD to augment the program. In 2004 I finished a book about the German exile George Salter (1897-1967), a very talented artist and book designer, who came to New York in 1934 and changed the face of American book design.  Check my home page for information on and designs by George Salter.

2. FORMATIVE MOVIEGOING EXPERIENCE.

There are many. Forbidden Planet at age 8; Them at age 9; Ealing comedies from the 1950s (anything with Alec Guiness) nurtured my otherwise stunted youth and fertilized the ground upon which the enriching seed of Monty Python would eventually fall and sprout; Casablanca and Doctor Strangelove came later (these are ones I return to). Otherwise, in my list of great movies belong in no particular order: The Seventh Seal, Heat and Dust, Body Heat, Time Bandits, Triumph of the Will, The Third Man, The Seven Samurai, Funny Bones, War and Peace (Russian production), Gallipoli.

3. WHY I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR.

Who needs the potential shame of box-office failure when you have the perpetual stage of the college classroom? This venue, upon which I have always been but a poor player who stuts and frets his hour, produces more drama than RADA, more ham than Denmark.

4. FAVORITE ON-SET SNACK.

I am still owed my snack. I can wait. Thank you.

5. IN THE CRAPPY HOLLYWOOD REMAKE MY PART SHOULD BE PLAYED BY:

Liam Neeson

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