Week 1: What is a Movie?: Dark Visions of the Future
(For my film students)Week 1: What is a Movie?: Dark Visions of the Future
Required In-Class Film:
V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005: 132 mins)
. The Anti-Jihad Pundit (March 22, 2006)
Boudreaux, Madelyn.
. (April 27, 1994; Last revised March 21, 2006)
Faraci, Devin. C.
H.U.D.
(February 6, 2006)
Tryon, Chuck. (April 1, 2006) and (April 1, 2006) The Chutry Experiment
Dakota Purveyor (no date):
Wikipedia entry on the Graphic Novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd that the film is based upon. Also an entry on the writer .
More Resources for the 1st Week:
Axmaker, Sean. Green Cine (2005)
Dirks, Tim. Greatest Films.
(no date)
Enders, Erik. . (Unpublished Paper: 1999)
Options for the Outside Viewing Assignment:
Choose a film you haven't seen before--remember the goal is to broaden your film knowledge/experience.
There will be a free showing of Ghost in the Shell thursday night at 7:30pm in the big auditorium in the Oswald Building (you can bring friends if you want).
12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995: 129 mins)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968: 141 mins)
Alien Series [Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979: 116 mins); Aliens (James Cameron, 1986: 137 mins); Alien3 (David Fincher, 1992: 114 mins); Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997: 116 mins)]
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982: 117 mins)
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985: 142 mins)
Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998: 108 mins)
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997: 101 mins)
Ghost in the Shell Series [Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995: 82 mins); Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru Oshii, 2004: 100 mins)]
The Matrix Series (The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999: 136 mins); The Matrix Reloaded (The Wachowski Brothers, 2003: 138 mins); The Matrix Revolutions (The Wachowski Brothers, 2003: 129 mins)]
Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997: 129 mins)
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Here is the rough outline for the rest of the semester--the themes will remain the same, but films may change as I am always preparing/viewing for the sections and I may find better choices.
Week 2: Screenwriting and Narrative Structure: Memory and Identity
Adaptation/Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/Being John Malkovich/Donnie Darko/Memento/Mulholland Drive/Lost Highway
Week 3: Mise-en-scene/Production Design
Amelie/Annie Hall/Kontrol/American Beauty/Romeo and Juliet
Week 4: Cinematography: Visualizing Environments
Never Cry Wolf/Se7en/Gangs of New York/City of God/Se7en
Week 5: Acting
Raging Bull/Monster/Do the Right Thing/I Heart Huckabees/The Royal Tenenbaums/Trainspotting/Transamerica/Blue Velvet
Week 6: Editing
Fight Club/Requiem for a Dream/House of Flying Daggers
Week 7: Sound
Apocalypse Now/Black Hawk Down/Jarhead/Master and Commander/Goodfellas
Master and Commander (Peter Weir) 2003: 138 minutes.
Week 8: Test and Documentary Films
Grizzly Man/Mr.
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