Date |
Readings:
Path 1 |
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| M, 6-24 |
Intro to Film
video overview: course and course website
video lecture: film beginnings
Alice Guy's La Fée aux Choux, or The Fairy of the Cabbages (1900), 55 sec.
George Albert Smith's As Seen Through a Telescope (1900), 1 min. 1 sec.
James Williamson's Attack on a China Mission (1900), 1 min., 15 sec.
video lecture on film terms with PDF list |
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| T, 6-25 |
A Human Being
Dr. M's intro. to Within Our Gates
Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates (1920), 1h 19m, available free on Kanopy (through Poly library) /
optional: content warnings
video lecture: character introductions, crosscutting, and transitions
DUE: Student's Personal Introduction, video
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| W, 6-26 |
The Invention of Monsters
Dr. M's intro. to Freaks
Tod Browning's Freaks (1932), 1h 4m, available free via internet archive /
optional: content warnings |
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| R, 6-27 |
Perfectible Products
Tod Browning's Freaks (1932)
video lecture: gazing and staring
A Rhetoric of Film, chp. 1
DUE: Response to Existing Plea, written / Freaks (1932) |
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| M, 7-1 |
Gaming the Gaze
Dr. M's intro. to Dance, Girl, Dance(1940)
Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), 1h 30m, available at internet archive /
optional: content warnings |
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| T, 7-2 |
An Honest Living
Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
video lecture: desire performed and thwarted
The Hays Code (1930, enforced 1934-68), PDF
DUE: Impassioned Plea / Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) |
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| W, 7-3 |
Malleable Memories
Dr. M's intro. to Wild Strawberries (1957)
Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957), 1h 31m, available free on Kanopy (through Poly library) /
optional: content warnings |
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| R, 7-4 |
Mise-en-Scène
Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957)
A Rhetoric of Film, chp. 2
DUE: Impassioned Plea / Wild Strawberries (1957)
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M, 7-8 |
Not As Sweet
Dr. M's intro. to Le Bonheur (1965), [English title: Happiness]
Agnès Varda's Le Bonheur (1965), 1h 20m, available free on Kanopy (through Poly library) /
optional: content warnings |
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| T, 7-9 |
It's Simple
Agnès Varda's Le Bonheur (1965), 1h 20m
A Rhetoric of Film, chp.3
DUE: Screenshot Analyses / Le Bonheur [Happiness] (1965)
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W, 7-10 |
Impossible to Put Out
Dr. M's intro. to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), [coming soon at Digging in the Dirt]
Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), 2h, available at Amazon Prime /
optional: content warnings |
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| R, 7-11 |
Pathos & Narrative Trajectory
Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
A Rhetoric of Film, chp. 4
DUE: Impassioned Plea / Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) |
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| M, 7-15 |
Sight and Sound
Dr. M's intro. to Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000), 2h 20m / optional: content warnings |
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| T, 7-16 |
Falling
Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000), 2h 20m
article #1 (2011) / Lars von Trier / read entire article
article #2 (2017) / Björk / read entire article
article #3 (2011) / Kirsten Dunst / read entire article
rticle #3 / (2017) / Emily Watson / read "Have you ever" thru "seriousness it deserves
DUE: Screenshot Analyses / Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
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| W, 7-17 |
Slammed
Dr. M's intro. to Gran Torino (2008), [coming soon at Digging in the Dirt]
Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino (2008), 1h 56m
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| R, 7-18 |
Stepping Up
Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino (2008), 1h 56m
DUE: Impassioned Plea / Gran Torino (2008) |
F, 7-19
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DUE: STUDENT PATH 2 OUTLINE & VIDEO EXPLANATION (due at midnight)
(send Word file, and url for video explanation, to Dr. M & Path 2 peers via email)
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| Sat, 7-20 |
DUE: PEER FEEDBACK ON PATH 2 GROUP'S OUTLINES (due at midnight)
(send url for video feedback via email to Dr. M & Path 2 peers) |
| M, 7-22 |
TERM PAPER WORK!! Dr. M is available for optional video conferencing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| T, 7-23 |
TERM PAPER WORK!! Dr. M is available for optional video conferencing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| T, 7-23 |
DUE: TERM PAPER (due at midnight)
(send Word doc as attachment to Dr. M via email) |
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| W, 7-24 |
Trauma, Reprisal, and Forgiveness
Dr. M's intro. to Women Talking (2022)
Sarah Polley's Women Talking (2022), available at Amazon Prime / optional: content warnings |
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| R, 7-25 |
Whatever Is Just
Sarah Polley's Women Talking (2022)
DUE: Response to Existing Plea, written / Women Talking (2022) |
