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.

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.

Rosenbaum, Jonathan. 2009. "The Best Years of Our Lives: Half a Dozen Responses.” 

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.

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.