American Cinema of the 2000s

19 Entrance Card on Group Presentations. 

Paper II Draft Due for conferences and peer reviews. 

American Cinema Since 2000. 

Read chapter 21 in Flashback and complete a revision of Paper II for Tuesday, December 3. 

21 Film Screening: The Bling Ring (Dir. Sophia Coppola, 2013). Take notes on narrative and style in film log.

Group Wiki Presentations

12 Group Wiki Presentations: Send the link to Dr. Murray!

Read chapter 20, Flashback for Tuesday, November 19 and complete  a draft of Paper II. 

Prepare for entrance card on presentations other than your own.

14 Film Screening: The Swamp (Dir. Lucrecia Martel, 2001)

19 Entrance Card on Group Presentations. 

Paper II Draft Due for conferences and peer reviews. 

American Cinema Since 2000. 

Read chapter 21 in Flashback and complete a revision of Paper II for Tuesday, December 3. 

21 Film Screening: The Bling Ring (Dir. Sophia Coppola, 2013). Take notes on narrative and style in film log.

25-29-- Thanksgiving Break—No Classes

International Cinema of the 1990s

                                 http://youtu.be/8Wv0nj7I_Qg


http://www.criterion.com/films/226-chungking-express

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvLGDrVHSck&feature=share&list=PLF9FE76CBEE51048E

November

5 Entrance Card. Paper II Proposal Due. 

International Cinema of the 1990s. 

Prepare Group Presentations for Tuesday, November 12.

7 Film Screening: EVFF film screenings.. Take notes on narrative and style in film log.

12 Group Wiki Presentations. 

Read chapter 20, Flashback for Tuesday, November 19 and 

complete a draft of Paper II. 

Prepare for entrance card on presentations other than your own.

International Cinema of the 1980s

http://youtu.be/7Ll4qS4anGo

http://youtu.be/emF-m9qnF5o

Bill Forsyth Local Hero (1983): http://youtu.be/R4WQZbGMrl4

Hugh Hudson Chariots of Fire (1981) Opening: http://youtu.be/L-7Vu7cqB20


From Syllabus:

29 Entrance Card. International Cinema in the 1980s. 

Read chapter 19, Flashback for Tuesday, November 5, prepare for entrance card, and draft a paper proposal for Paper II.

Andrzej Wajda Man of Iron Poland 1981: http://youtu.be/dMOBgjIDnGM

Paul Verhoeven The Fourth Man 1984 Netherlands: http://youtu.be/mUJRmw5b2oA

Pedro Almodovar Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Spain 1988: http://youtu.be/PypMOEKJuh8

31 Film Screening: Yeelen (Dir. Souleymane Cissé, 1987). Take notes on narrative and style in film log.

Nauisicaa of the Valley of the Wind Hayao Miyazaki 1984: http://youtu.be/vJdQtnhKAtU
http://youtu.be/7wSba9hwCaU

Ran Akira Kurosawa 1985: http://youtu.be/AbbfDntoRRk

Yeelen: http://youtu.be/z5IEhJgMgK0

Tampopo Juzo Itami 1988: http://youtu.be/LURg2doYGjo

November

5 Entrance Card. Paper II Proposal Due. International Cinema of the 1990s. 
Prepare Group Presentations for Tuesday, November 12.

7 Film Screening: EVFF film screenings.. Take notes on narrative and style in film log.



12 Group Wiki Presentations. 
Read chapter 20, Flashback for Tuesday, November 19 and complete a draft of Paper II. 
Prepare for entrance card on presentations other than your own.

American Cinema of the 1980s and 1990s

http://youtu.be/XMtv1WfgJFA

http://youtu.be/StOyd1DZbBo

http://youtu.be/nZ3taEufae0

http://youtu.be/wCL3OtOzYuQ

http://youtu.be/4J7gg1V0oak

http://youtu.be/s7EdQ4FqbhY

http://youtu.be/uQ0ODCMC6xs

Post-Studio Cinema

October Plan at Midterm

1 Entrance Card. American and International Cinema in the 1960s.

• The End of the Studio System
• The French New Wave 

Comparison and contrast activity. 

Midterm review game. 

Read chapter 14 in Flashback for Tuesday, October 8 and prepare for Midterm. 

3 Film Screening: Cleo from 5 to 7 (Dir. Agnes Varda, 1962). Take notes on narrative and style in film log.

8 Midterm. Film Log due (can use on Midterm) 

• American Cinema in the 1970s--The Blaxploitation Film. 
• Introduce Group Wiki Presentations and Wikispaces. 

Read chapter 15 in Flashback and prepare for Entrance Card. 

10 Film Screening: Coffy (Dir. Jack Hill, 1973). Take notes on narrative and style in film log. 

1950s Cinema

Cinema of the 1950s in the United States and the World

Fred Zinnemann (1907-1997)—realist with protagonists trapped in a social crisis that forces them to confront their own sense of identity

Elia Kazan (1909-2003)—story values rather than stars, more radical than Zinnemann—dedicated Communist for part of life, changed mind in 1939 with Stalin. A reformer

• Social Realism (Elia Kazan’s East of Eden (1955) and On the Waterfront (1954), http://youtu.be/fxXHHBefM1o
• Fred Zinnemann’s From Here to Eternity (1953), and http://youtu.be/4iTCDWQXYlY
• Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones (1958) with Sidney Poitier. http://youtu.be/-Syk7FV55iw

Alfred Hitchcock-storyboarding and complex editing, varied genres and themes for suspense and thriller variation. Strangers on a Train: http://youtu.be/B70_R1igohw

Adolescence/ts in cinema—

• James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Nicholas Ray)http://youtu.be/cAlzg0S51GY
•  and Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953, Laslo Benedek http://youtu.be/yCENBce_dls 

Revisionist Genres (Westerns such as High Noon (1955 Fred Zinnemann) and John Ford's The Searchers, http://youtu.be/WI2AZb04HAc Horror such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)http://youtu.be/WFnSxeDfENk

Golden Age of MGM Musical—Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen)http://youtu.be/jEKQwy13j_8

Japanese Directors

   1950: Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon and Seven Samurai (1954))—Emperor, adapted Western literaturehttp://youtu.be/sBn4cvHKPUc

   1953: Kenji Mizocuchi (Ugetsu) William Wyler, Chaplin, Lubitsch, Caprahttp://youtu.be/87NcQ9O0rlc

   1953: Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story)http://youtu.be/LhpLrFLckqo

Italian Neorealist Epics

1954: Frederico Fellini (La Strada)http://youtu.be/cWyZk8s2oyg

Indian Cannes Film Festival Winner

1955: Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchall)http://youtu.be/d-JWZDALouI

Swedish

1955: Ingmar Bergman (Smiles of a Summer Night)http://youtu.be/suMQZRAOivo

French

1958: Jacques Tati (Mon Oncle)—sequel to Mr. Hulot’s Holiday establishes him as important French comic artisthttp://youtu.be/NHJcwMrqnJo

1959: Truffaut (400 Blows) Godard (Breathless)http://youtu.be/WCDEAu4R8hA