Class Schedule

Week ONE – Introduction
R 14Jan Syllabus and writing exercise

1/14 & 1/17: SCREENING: THE BLOOD OF A POET (JEAN COCTEAU, 1930, 55TRT)


WEEK TWO – Formative vs. Realist Film Theory/Munsterberg
T 19Jan Andrew: Preface and Introduction V - 10
Andrew: The Formative tradition 11 – 13
Andrew: The Realist Film Theory 103 – 105
Andrew: Munsterberg 14 – 26

R 21Jan HANDOUT
Munsterberg – Inner Development of moving pictures (54 – 63)
Munsterberg – The Purpose of Art (109 – 119)
Munsterberg – The Function of the Photoplay (151- 60)
Munsterberg – Why we go to the Movies (171 – 183)

1/21 & 1/24: SCREENING: The DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (JULIAN SCHNABEL, 2007, 112TRT)


WEEK THREE – ARNHEIM
T 26Jan Andrew: Arnheim 27 – 41
FTC: Film and Reality, 282
FTC: The Making of Film, 286
FTC: The Complete Film, 167

R 28Jan DISCUSS FILM AND ARNHEIM

1/28 & 1/31: SCREENING: THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (S. M. Eisenstein, USSR 1925, 74TRT)


WEEK FOUR – EISENSTEIN
T 2Feb Andrew: Eisenstein 42 – 75
FTC: On Editing 7 – 12
FTC: From Film Form 13 - 39
Stam: 37 – 54

R 4Feb DISCUSS FILM AND EISENSTEIN

2/4 & 2/7: SCREENING: THE HURT LOCKER (KATHRYN BIGELOW, 2009, 131TRT)


WEEK FIVE – BALASZ
T 9Feb Andrew: Balasz 76 – 101
FTC: From Theory of Film: 273 – 281

R 11Feb DISCUSS FILM AND BALASZ
NO SCREENING



WEEK SIX – PROJECT ONE DUE
T 16Feb 5-page Essay or short video based on readings.
This work is to be posted on the Class Blog no later than Monday Feb. 15th at 8pm. Group 1 - presentations

R 18Feb 5-page Essay or short video based on readings.
This work is to be posted on the Class Blog no later than Monday Feb. 15th at 8pm. Group 2 - presentations

2/18 & 2/21: SCREENING: STALKER (ANDREI TARKOVSKY, 1979, 163 TRT)


WEEK SEVEN - KRACAUER
T. 23Feb Andrew: Kracauer, 106 – 133
FTC: Basic Concepts, 147 – 158
Kracauer: Film and our Time, 285 - 311

R. 25Feb DISCUSS FILM AND KRACAUER

2/25 & 2/28: SCREENING: TOKYO GA (WIM WENDERS, 1985, 92TRT)


WEEK EIGHT - BAZIN
T. 2March Andrew: Bazin, 134 -178
FTC: The Ontology of the Photographic Image, 159 – 162


R. 4March DISCUSS FILM AND BAZIN
NO SCREENING


SPRING BREAK
T. 9MARCH SPRING BREAK
R. 11MARCH SPRING BREAK


JAMESON AND BAUDRILLARD
T. 16March HANDOUT
Foster: Jameson, Postmodernism and Consumer Society, 127
Foster: Baudrillard, The Ecstasy of Communication, 145

R. 18March In-class screening THREE KINGS (DAVID 0. RUSSELL, 1999, 114 TRT)

3/18 & 3/21: SCREENING: REAR WINDOW (ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 1954, 112TRT)


WEEK TEN - MULVEY
T. 23March FTC: MULVEY Visual Pleasure & Narrative Cinema, 711 - 722
STAM: 229 - 234

R. 25March DISCUSS FILM AND MULVEY

3/25 & 3/28: SCREENING: HOOP DREAMS (STEVE JAMES, 1994, 170TRT)
WEEK ELEVEN - GRIERSON
T. 30March HANDOUT

R. 1April DISCUSS FILM AND GRIERSON

4/1 & 4/4: SCREENING: TITICUT FOLLIES (FREDRICK WISEMAN 1967, 84TRT)


WEEK TWELVE - WINSTON
T. 6April Renov: The Documentary Film as Scientific Inscription, 37 - 57
R. 8April DISCUSS FILM AND WINSTON

4/1 & 4/4: SCREENING: THE SIXTH SENSE (M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN, 2000, 107TRT)


WEEK THIRTEEN – METZ
T. 13April Andrew: Metz, 212 - 236
FTC: From the Imaginary Signifier 694 – 710

R. 15April DISCUSS FILM AND METZ

4/15 & 4/28: SCREENING: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (ERROL MORRIS, 2008, 118TRT)


WEEK FOURTEEN - RICHTEN
T. 20April Richten: Preface 9 – 13
Richten: Into the Digital 15 – 23
Richten: Image, War, Legacy 79 - 95

R. 22 DISCUSS FILM AND RICHTEN


WEEK FIFTEEN
T. 27April 5-page Essay or short video based on readings.
This work is to be posted on the Class Blog no later than Monday April. 26th at 8pm. In addition, you are to e-mail me a short description of this work Monday April. 26th at 8pm.