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.
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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.

Dogma 95. 1995. “Dogma 95” / “The Vow of Chastity.”



Thomas Vinterberg. 1998. “Dogma 95 Confession.” 


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NOVEMBER 11, 2013


Film:
Husbands (Cassavetes, 1970) DVD 3429

Reading:
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CLASS CANCELLED MONDAY NOVEMBER 4!

Please use this week to begin thinking about your final projects.
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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:

Ray Carney. 2001. “Chapter on the Making of Husbands (1969-1970).”

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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."


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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.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

PLEASE NOTE THAT CLASS MEETS AT 1 p.m. in E-65 THIS WEEK ONLY!

Films:
On the Bowery (Rogosin 1956) Blu-Ray 244


 Little Fugitive (Engel 1953)  DVD 473

Readings -

Davis, Francis. 2003.  "Storming the Home Front.".

Agee, James. 1964. “What Hollywood Can Do,” in course reader.

Warshow, Robert. 1962. “The Anatomy of Falsehood,”  in course reader.
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013


Films:
The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler 1946) DVD 1319

Readings -

Bazin, Andre.  1971. “La Terra Trema,” in course reader.

Ayfe, Amédée. 1985. “Neo-Realism and Phenomenology,” in course reader.


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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013


Films:
La Terra Trema (Visconti 1948) DVD 526

Readings -

Tom Milne, "Toni." 

Cesare Zavattini, "Some Ideas on the Cinema."


OPTIONAL: 

Vivian Sobchack, "No Lies: Direct Cinema as Rape," in course reader.


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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Films:
Toni (Renoir 1934)
No Lies (Block 1974) 
The "Florence" sequence from Paisan (Rossellini 1946)

All the  films are available on DVD in the Film Services Library on my reserve shelf: DVD 2627 (Toni). DVD 4270 (No Lies) and DVD 3701 (Paisan). The relevant sequence in Paisan is DVD Chapters 12 - 16, 00:59:23 through 1:21:16.

PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL SPECIFY IN THESE NOTES EACH WEEK WHETHER YOU SHOULD READ INDIVIDUAL PIECES BEFORE OR AFTER THE CLASS MEETING. 

 For this week, please read Bazin before class on Monday, but DO NOT read Sobchack or Milne until after the first class session. 
Readings -

Tom Milne, "Toni." 

Andre Bazin, "Neo Realism: An Aesthetic of Reality," in course reader. 

Vivian Sobchack, "No Lies: Direct Cinema as Rape," in course reader.



 When you purchase the reader ($36.25 plus tax at www.universityreaders.com), the first few weeks' readings will be downloadable as PDF files.

 The short video piece below, produced by K. Ogonada for the British Film Institute, will be shown and discussed in the first class session. 


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