NOVEMBER 25, 2013



Film:
Sawdust City (Nordstrom, 2011) DVD 5250


THIS WAS THE LAST SCREENING OF THE SEMESTER. THE NEXT TWO SESSIONS ARE DEDICATED TO PRESENTATIONS OF STUDENT WORK.
NOVEMBER 18, 2013




Film:
The Idiots (Von Trier, 1998) DVD 2605

Wasp (Arnold, 2003)  Blu-Ray 242

Readings:
Richard Combs and Raymond Durgnant. 2000. "Rules of the Game," in course reader.




Thomas Vinterberg. 1998. “Dogma 95 Confession.” 



NOVEMBER 11, 2013


Film:
Husbands (Cassavetes, 1970) DVD 3429

Reading:

CLASS CANCELLED MONDAY NOVEMBER 4!

Please use this week to begin thinking about your final projects.
OCTOBER 28, 2013


Film:
Killer of Sheep (Burnett 1977) DVD 2629

Reading:
Nelson Kim. 2003. “Charles Burnett.”

and please read this to prepare for next week's session:




NO CLASS ON OCTOBER 14!

OCTOBER 21, 2013 (MONDAY 12:30 - 4:00 Bijou)

Film:
The Gospel According to Matthew (Pasolini 1964) DVD 046

Reading:
James Blue. 1999. “1965 Pier Paolo Pasolini Interview.”       

3 PAGE PAPER COMPARING FORMAL APPROACHES OF TWO FILMS SEEN IN CLASS DUE TODAY!
                  


OCTOBER 22, 2013 (TUESDAY 7:00 - 12:00 Bijou - STRUCTURING STRATEGIES)

Film:
The Mother and the Whore (Eustache 1973) VHS 2236

Readings:
Martine Pierquin. 2008. "La Maman et la putain."

Nick Pinkerton. 2009. "His Little Loves."



OCTOBER 7, 2013

Films:
Tout va Bien (Godard/Gorin 1972) DVD 1398

Readings -

Gary Morris. 1999. “Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin: Poets of Everyday Life.”                          
Roemer, Michael. 1966. "The Surfaces of Reality." MacCann, 255-268. (1964)

Bertolt Brecht. 1977. “Against Georg Lukacs,” in course reader.

3 PAGE PAPER COMPARING FORMAL APPROACHES OF TWO FILMS SEEN IN CLASS DUE OCTOBER 15 via EMAIL. CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVCE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE SEND AS .doc, .docx or .rtf file.