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Course Resources | ENG 386: Form and Meaning in Film

 

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Week One -- Early Film: Origins and Innovators

Agenda Week 1: Download PDF

Early History of Film Presentation: 

Library of Congress Edison films: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wnOpDWSbyw

(see Record of a Sneeze, Sandow the Strong Man, The Kiss, Interrupted Lovers)

Lumiere Brothers Early films: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nj0vEO4Q6s

The Trip to the Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

The Great Train Robbery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7wWOmEGGY

Nero, or the Fall of Rome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmyoXFCfdvo

Kodak 1922 color film test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_RTnd3Smy8

Week Two -- German Expressionism & Surrealism

Agenda Week 2: Download PDF

German Expressionism Presentation: 

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (52 mins): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg73BUxJLI

Nosferatu (84 mins): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyzubFvBsA&p

Metropolis (12 parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAuSEdPbqmo

Un Chien Andalou (from week 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJexaTmCVfI

Week Three -- Italian Neorealism

Agenda Week 3:

Italian Neorealism Presentation: 

Bicycle Thieves (10 parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLQuSJGzR3Y

Week Four -- From Realism to Welles

Agenda Week 4:(see homework, slide 20)

Bicycle Thieves Presentation: 

The Third Man (Harry Lime revealed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-MXlqC8YeE

The Third Man (ferris wheel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcLMzIxGIzw

The Third Man (sewer chase): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvnjHevRceQ

The Third Man (final scene): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E25-UGUhQoU

The Third Man (full movie): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un26BBFQ5_M

Week Five -- Film as High Art: Welles, Bergman, Fellini

Agenda Week 5:

Welles, Bergman, Fellini Presentation: 

Citizen Kane (opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOzk7T93wE

Citizen Kane (marriage montage): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTyOC8GF-qg

Touch of Evil (opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaN4R6KRSY0

Seventh Seal (opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzSc9We6JX0

Seventh Seal (confession): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzSc9We6JX0

Seventh Seal (ending): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXaVChjhMfQ

Persona (opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4iQNAx-37w

Cries and Whispers (opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw8HlLuio4

La Dolce Vita (ending, no subtitles): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqsExlstZE

8 1/2 (opening): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR0MPFGL4ig

8 1/2 (asa nisi masa): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YozQlhdu4QU

8 1/2 (Claudia in black): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmVS696VQlo

Week Six -- Midterm Exam

Week Seven -- Citizen Kane (day 1)

Citizen Kane Presentation:

Borges Review: Download PDF or Linked: http://www.jstor.org/stable/778448

Ebert Commentary: Download PDF or Linked: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com

Too Many Kanes: http://ayearinthedark.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/

Citizen Kane at Filmsite.org: http://www.filmsite.org/citi.html

Complete Screenplay: http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/citizenkane.shtml

Week Eight -- Citizen Kane (day 2)

Citizen Kane (day 2) Presentation:

 

Week Nine -- Annie Hall & Select Other 1970s Classics

Annie Hall Presentation:

Annie Hall at Filmsite.org: http://www.filmsite.org/anni.html

Opening Monologue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxlfvI17oY

Duane on Death: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRm_X3BLPU

Subtitled balcolny scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLblwVUEHyw

"Love Fades" scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6vWaQk9-Hg

Wicked Witch animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGz1nf7nwUM

Easter dinner scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8TSvMx2wPI

Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-M3Q2zhGd4

Clockwork Orange, Alex & his droogs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90KPJ6n4Ew

Clockwork Orange, Lodovico Conditioning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT1DCun3U9M

Clockwork Orange, Original Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmm5jeeH8mY

Taxi Driver, Talkin' to Me?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSuylzFZXb4

Taxi Driver, Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDXRTbXd2Q&NR=1

Taxi Driver, Original Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqLyTdcMLhc

Godfather I and II scenes, see final slides of Annie Hall Presentation (above)

Week Ten -- Cinema Paradiso

Cinema Paradiso Presentation:

Cinema Paradiso Screenplay: http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/cinema_paradiso.html

 

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