Sewerd, Nebraska | 2009 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang
Sewerd, Nebraska | 2009 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang

Walking around the neat town square of Seward, Nebraska in a sunny morning with an over-espressoed mind filled with lines from Max Frisch’s Homo Faber was a guileless oddity. Frisch’s timeless brawl of technological omnipotence versus fate was briskly fused with Volker Schlöndorff’s cinematic brilliance flashing in my head. What would be his directorial attitude if Schlöndorff were to include the second part of Frisch’s novel into the film, I wondered, what would be Sam Shepard and Julie Delpy’s acting interpretations? Crispy morning sunlight soon blocking my thoughts, I looked up to admire the gorgeous structure of Seward’s Courthouse, and, with some luck, I might be able to transcribe the pleasant melody that the building was soundlessly singing to me, all morning long.

Seward, designated as “Nebraska’s Official 4th of July City,” has sponsored a yearly 4th of July celebration since 1868. The Neo-classical Revival Courthouse in the town square was built in 1905 and was supervised by architect Goerge Berlinghof.

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