ENG 195  FILM AS ART      Fall 2009                     Michael Dembrow, Instr.

 

SCHEDULE II

 

All readings are from Film: A Critical Introduction.

 

Week 7                       

Nov. 3                         Schedule 2

                                    Musicals: Backstage and Integrated

                                    Film Noir

Analysis/Discussion of Chinatown

Presentation of The 400 Blows

Screening: The 400 Blows (1959, France , 99 min.), directed by

Francois Truffaut

                                    For Next Week:

Jot down answers to The 400 Blows study questions; answer

three at length (c. 150 words each)

                                                Read Ch. 4:  Narrative Form

                                                Answer study questions for Ch. 4

                                               

Week 8

Nov. 10                       Neorealism

The French New Wave: Breathless, Cléo from 5 to 7, Hiroshima Mon Amour

                                    Discussion of The 400 Blows

                                    Presentation of The Battle of Algiers

                                    Screening:  The Battle of Algiers (1965, Italy , 123 min.), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo                             

                                    For Next Week:

                                                Jot down answers to The Battle of Algiers study questions; answer three at length (c. 150 words each)    

Read Ch. 10: Social Context and Film Style

DO Ch  10 Questions

 

Week 9

Nov. 17                       The Documentary as Genre

Background to The Battle of Algiers – documentaries and video clips                       

Discussion of The Battle of Algiers

                                    Presentation of After Life

                                    Screening:  After Life (1998, Japan , 118 min.), directed by Kore-eda

Hirokazu

                                    For Next Week:

                                                Jot down answers to After Life study questions; answer three

at length (c. 100-150 words each)

                                                Read Ch. 9:  Alternatives to Narrative Fiction Film: Documentary and Avant-Garde Films

                                                Do Ch. 9 Questions

                                               

 

Week 10                     

Nov. 24                       Avant-Garde Film:  Maya Deren & La Jetée

                                    Discussion of After Life

Presentation of Dogma 95 and The Celebration

Screening: The Celebration (1998, Denmark , 105 min.), directed by

 Thomas Vinterberg.

                                    For Next Week:

                                                Jot down answers to Celebration study questions; answer three at length (c. 100-150 words each)

Read Ch. 13: Genre

Do Study Questions, Ch. 13

 

 

Week 11

Dec. 1                          Presentation of Take-Home final

                                    Dogma et. al.

                                    Discussion of The Celebration

                                    Presentation of The Class

Film Screening: The Class (2008, France , 128 min.), directed by Laurent Cantet.

For Next Week:

                                                Read Ch. 15

                                                Do Take-Home Final

 

 

Week 12                     

Dec. 8                          Eating

Discussion of The Class

                                    Course Wrap-Up

 

 

 

 

 

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