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Day
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Date
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Topic and Reading (due on this date)
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Films (View by Today)
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Links
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Week 1 | ||||
Monday | 7/8 |
Introduction |
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Tuesday | 7/9 |
German expressionism Metropolis 1927 (84 minutes) |
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Wednesday | 7/10 | discussion Metropolis, Citizen Kane | Citizen Kane 1941(on reserve) | |
Thursday | 7/11 | Notorious 1946 (102 minutes) | ||
Friday | 7/12 |
discussion: Notorious and Casablanca Paper discussion |
Casablanca 1942 (on reserve and in office) | Guide to Writing about Film |
Week 2 | ||||
Monday | 7/15 |
To Have and Have Not 1944 (100 minutes)
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The Femme Fatale in Film Noir | |
Tuesday | 7/16 | discussion: To Have/ Gilda | Gilda 1946 (in office) | |
Wednesday | 7/17 |
Sunset Boulevard 1950 (100 minutes) |
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Thursday | 7/18 | discussion, DOA and Sunset Blvd. | D.O.A.1949 (84 minutes) (in office) | |
Friday | 7/19 |
D.O.A. 1988 (98 minutes) First Paper Due |
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Week 3 | ||||
Monday | 7/22 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1955 (80 minutes) |
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Tuesday | 7/23 | midterm; discussion D.O.A. | ||
Wednesday | 7/24 | discussion Body Snatchers and Alien | Alien 1979 (116 minutes) on reserve and in office | |
Thursday | 7/25 | Blade Runner (1982) 115 minutes | ||
Friday | 7/26 | Finish Blade Runner discussion of Blade Runner and Brazil | Brazil 1985 (131 minutes) on reserve and in office | |
Week 4 | ||||
Monday | 7/29 |
Blood Simple 1985 (96 minutes) |
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Tuesday | 7/30 | discussion of Blood Simple and House of Games | House of Games (102 minutes) in English office | |
Wednesday | 7/31 | After Hours 1985 (91 minutes) | ||
Thursday | 8/1 | discussion Mystery Train, Pulp Fiction | Pulp Fiction 1994 (151 minutes) in English office | |
Friday | 8/2 |
Memento 2001 (113 minutes) 2nd Paper Due |
Everything you wanted to know about Memento | |
Week 5 | ||||
Monday | 8/5 | discussion of 12 monkeys, Memento | 12 Monkeys 1995 (131 minutes) | |
Tuesday | 8/6 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 (89 minutes) | Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 (104 minutes) | |
Wednesday | 8/7 | FINAL EXAM |