ENG196 Winter
2008 Michael
Dembrow, Instr.
***Specific Reading Assignments will be
posted on the web each week at http://spot.pcc.edu/~mdembrow/eng196readings.htm
SCHEDULE (I)
Week 1
Jan. 8 Welcome
Intro
to Kurosawa
Presentation
of Seven Samurai Questions
Screening: The
Seven Samurai (1954, 208 min.)
Homework
for Next Week:
Do
readings (handout and on website)
Respond
to Seven Samurai study questions
(with long answers to three on
separate paper)
Respond
to Readings Questions (on website)
Week 3
Jan. 15 Presentation
of the Course
Film
Director as “Author”--The “Auteur Theory”
Early
Kurosawa
Discussion
of Seven Samurai
Presentation of Ran Questions
Screening: Ran
(1985, 160 min.)
Homework
for Next Week:
Respond
to Ran study questions (including 3
long answers on separate
paper)
Do
readings (see website)
Respond
to Readings Questions (on website)
Week 3
Jan. 22 Later
Kurosawa
Discussion
of Ran
Intro
to Martin Scorsese
Presentation
of Taxi Driver Questions
Screening: Taxi
Driver, (1975,
113 min.)
Homework
for Next Week:
Do
Respond
to Readings Questions (on website)
Respond
to Rear Window questions (with long
answers to three)
Jan. 29 Handout
On Term Project
Early
Scorsese
Discussion
of Taxi Driver
Presentation
of Goodfellas
questions
Screening: Goodfellas (1990,
Homework
for Next Week:
Do
readings (handout/website)
Respond
to
Respond
to Goodfellas
questions (with long answers to three)
Decide
on Project director
Week 5
Feb. 5 Discussion of Goodfellas
Later
Scorsese
Intro
to Mike Leigh
Preview
of Naked questions
Screening: Naked (1993, United Kingdom, 131 min.)
Homework
for Next Week:
Do
readings on Mike Leigh
Respond
to Readings Questions (on website)
Respond
to Naked questions (with long answers
to three)
Week 6
Feb. `12 A survey of Mike Leigh’s career
Discussion
of Naked
Preview
of Secrets and Lies questions
Screening: Secrets
and Lies (1996,
United Kingdom, 142)
Homework
for Next Week:
Do
readings on Mike Leigh and Secrets and
Lies
Respond
to
Respond
to Secrets and Lies questions (with
long answers to three)
Start
working on your project director