| W Jan 19 | Beginnings of Film Communication |
| F Jan 21 | Assessment: Screening Report 01 |
| M Jan 24 | Lumière, Méliès, and Edison Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 1, Photography, p. 1 Series Photography (Muybridge, 1877-1885) Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Méliès, 02,:14) The Great Train Robbery (Porter, 03, :12)
Edison Kinescope Films (1894-1896)
The Kiss
Lumière Films (1895-1897)
Exiting the Factory
Actualities (1897-1910)
President McKinley at Home (1897) |
| W Jan 26 | D.W. Griffith Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 15, 2:59) |
| F Jan 28 | Assessment: Screening Report 02 |
| M Jan 31 | The Silent Comics Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 6, Acting, p. 232 The Floorwalker (Chaplin 16, :29) The Rink (Chaplin, 16, :25) Easy Street (Chaplin, 17, :24) Safety Last (Newmeyer & Taylor, 23, 1:14) |
| W Feb 02 | The Silent Comics II Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 8, Story: The Classical Paradigm, p. 337 The Immigrant (Chaplin, 17, :30) The General (Keaton, 26, 1:19) |
| F Feb 04 | Assessment: Quiz 01 |
| M Feb 07 | German Expressionism Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 7, Dramatization, p. 284 Beetlejuice (Burton, 88, 1:32) Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (Weine, 19, 1:09) Metropolis (Lang, 26, 2:00) Recommended Viewing: Babylon Berlin (Netflix, 2017) |
| W Feb 09 | Soviet Montage Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 4, Editing: Soviet Montage..., p. 162 The Untouchables (DePalma, 87, 1:59) Bronenosets Potemkin (Eisenstein, 25, 1:05) |
| F Feb 11 | Assessment: Screening Report 03 |
| M Feb 14 | Documentary Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 8, Story: Nonfictional Narratives, p. 348 Nanook of the North (Flaherty, 22, 1:05) Chelovek s kinoapparatom (Vertov, 29, 1:08) |
| W Feb 16 | Documentary II Night Mail (Watt & Wright, 36, :25) The River (Lorentz, 37, 30) Triumph des Willens (Riefenstahl, 34, 1:54) Gladiator (Scott, 00, 2:35) The Lion King (Allers & Minkoff, 94, 1:29) Education for Death (Geronimi, 43, :10) Nuit et brouillard (Resnais, 55, :30) |
| F Feb 18 | Assessment: Quiz 02 |
| M Feb 21 | Sound and Animation Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 5, Sound, p. 193 Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 3, Movement: Mechanical Distortions..., p. 124
Screenings I
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Persichetti, 2018, 1:57) |
| W Feb 23 | Sound and Animation II
Screenings II
Superman (Fleischer, 1941, :10) |
| F Feb 25 | Assessment: Screening Report 04 |
| M Feb 28 | The Golden Age & Screwball Comedy Dumb-Hounded (Avery, 43, :08) Disorder in the Court (Black, 36, :17) The Philadelphia Story (Cukor, 40, 1:52) |
| W Mar 02 | John Ford & The Western Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 8, Story, p. 327 Stagecoach (Ford, 39, 1:39) |
| F Mar 04 | Assessment: Quiz 03 |
| M Mar 07 | Spring Break |
| W Mar 09 | Spring Break |
| M Mar 14 | Orson Welles Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 2, Mise en Scène, p. 46 Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 12, Synthesis - Citizen Kane, p. 495 Citizen Kane (Welles, 41, 1:59) |
| W Mar 16 | Italian Neo-Realism Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 11, Critique: Theories of Realism, p. 456 Master of None "The Thief" (Ansari, 2017, :30) Ladri di biciclette (DeSica, 48, 1:30) |
| F Mar 18 | Assessment: Screening Report 05 |
| M Mar 21 | Film Noir Blade Runner (Scott, 82, 1:57) Double Indemnity (Wilder, 44, 1:46) |
| W Mar 23 | Post War Japan Rashomon (Kurosawa, 50, 1:28) |
| F Mar 25 | Assessment: Quiz 04 |
| M Mar 28 | The American Musical Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 1, Photography: Color, p. 23 Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 5, Sound: Musicals, p. 215 Footlight Parade (Bacon & Berkeley, 33, 1:42) Top Hat (Sandrich, 35, 1:41) The Sound of Music (Wise, 65, 2:54) Singin' in the Rain (Kelly & Donen, 52, 1:42) |
| W Mar 30 | Fear & Gimmicks of the 1950s Ben-Hur (Wyler, 59, 3:32) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel, 56, 1:20) |
| F Apr 01 | Assessment: Screening Report 06 |
| M Apr 04 | The French New Wave Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 4, Editing: André Bazin..., p. 172 La Belle et la Bête (Cocteau, 46, 1:33) À bout de souffle (Godard, 59, 1:29) |
| W Apr 06 | European Art-Cinema Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Hewitt, 91, 1:33) Det Sjunde inseglet (Bergman, 57, 1:36) |
| F Apr 08 | Assessment: Quiz 05 |
| M Apr 11 | Alfred Hitchcock Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 4, Editing: An "edited sequence" from Rear Window (Figure 4-22a, b, c & d) Psycho (Hitchcock, 60, 1:49) Rear Window (Hitchcock, 54, 1:52) |
| W Apr 13 | The British Emigrés Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 9, Writing, p. 368 Goldfinger (Hamilton, 64, 1:51) Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 62, 3:42) |
| F Apr 15 | Screening (0700p): Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 62, 3:42) Assessment: Screening Report 07 |
| M Apr 18 | Independent & Non-Theatrical Cinema Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 67, 1:51) Easy Rider (Hopper, 69, 1:34) |
| W Apr 20 | "Chop Socky," Wuxia, and Beyond Meng long guojiang (Lee, 72, 1:31) Yīngxióng (Yimou, 2002, 1:39) |
| F Apr 22 | Assessment: Quiz 06 |
| M Apr 25 | Film School Brats & Blockbusters Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 3, Movement, p. 95 The Godfather (Coppola, 72, 2:55) Jaws (Spielberg, 75, 2:04) |
| W Apr 27 | India: More than "Bollywood" Sholay (Sippy, 1975, 3:24) Three Idiots (Hirani, 2009, 2:59) |
| F Apr 29 | Screening (0700p): Three Idiots (Hirani, 2009, 2:59) Assessment: Screening Report 08 |
| M May 02 | Democracy & Diversity Reading: Giannetti, Ch. 10, Ideology, p. 406 Desperado (Rodruiguez, 95, 1:43) Do The Right Thing (Lee, 89, 2:00) |
| W May 04 | Final Exam 0245-0445p |
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (AFI/NHK, 1992, 1:32)
Lumière Premiere Program (Lumière, 1895)
Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Méliès, 1902, :14)
The Great Train Robbery (Porter, 1903, :12)
Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 1915, 2:59)
Rob Roy (Caton-Jones, 1995, 2:19)
Good Morning, Babylon (Taviani, 1987, 1:55)
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (Brownlow & Gill, 1987, 2:40)
The Bangville Police (Lehrman, 1913)
The Rink (Chaplin, 1916, :25)
The Immigrant (Chaplin, 1917, :30)
Safety Last (Newmeyer & Taylor, 1923, 1:13)
The Gold Rush (Chaplin, 1925, 1:12)
City Lights (Chaplin, 1931, 1:27)
The General (Keaton, 1927, 1:14)
Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (Weine, 1919, 1:09)
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Murnau, 1922, 1:36)
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (Boese, 1920, 1:25)
Metropolis (Lang, 1926, 2:00)
Beetlejuice (Burton, 1988, 1:32)
Recommended Viewing: Shadow of the Vampire (Merhige, 2000, 1:32)
Bronenosets Potemkin (Eisenstein, 1925, 1:05)
The Music Man (DaCosta, 1962, 2:31)
Jaws (Spielberg, 1975, 2:04)
The Untouchables (DePalma, 1987, 1:59)
Nanook of the North (Flaherty, 1922, 1:05)
Berlin, Synfonie einer Großstadt (Ruttman, 1927, 1:19)
Chelovek s kinoapparatom (Vertov, 1929, 1:08)
Triumph des Willens (Riefenstahl, 1934, 1:19)
The Lion King (Allers & Minkoff, 1994, 1:29)
Gladiator (Scott, 2000, 2:35)
The March of Time (de Rochemont, various)
Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit (Riefenstahl, 1938, 1:30)
Drifters (Grierson, 1929, :49)
The River (Lorentz, 1937, 30)
Nuit et brouillard (Resnais, 1955, :30)
Buena Vista Social Club (Wenders, 1998, 1:45)
Little Nemo (McCay, 1911)
Gertie the Dinosaur (McCay, 1914)
The Sinking of the Lusitania (McCay, 1918)
Koko's Earth Control (Fleischer, 1928)
Steamboat Willie (Disney, 1928, :07)
The Band Concert (Disney, 1935)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (Fleischer, 1936, :16)
The Rabbit of Seville (Warner Bros, 1950, :07).
Fiddle De Dee (McLaren, 1947, :03)
Gerald McBoing Boing (Cannon/Hubley, 1951, :08)
Moonbird (Hubley, 1959)
Munro (Deitch, 1960)
The Hole (Hubley, 1962)
Yellow Submarine (Dunning, 1968, :90)
Ersatz (Vukotic, 1961)
Ruka/The Hand (Trnka, 1965, :18)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Selick, 1993, 1:16)
The Wrong Trousers (Park, 1993, :30)
Tin Toy (Lasseter, 1988, :05)
Toy Story (Lasseter, 1995, 1:21)
Bringing Up Baby (Hawks, 1938, 1:42)
The Philadelphia Story (Cukor, 1940, 1:52)
Ball of Fire (Hawks, 1941, 1:51)
Stagecoach (Ford, 1939, 1:39)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford, 1962, 1:59)
Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo (Leone, 1967, 2:41)
The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969, 2:14)
The Cowboys (Rydell, 1972, 2:08)
Ladri di biciclette (DeSica, 1948, 1:30)
Roma città aperta (Rossellini, 1945, 1:45)
Citizen Kane (Welles, 41, 1:59)
The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 41, 1:40)
Double Indemnity (Wilder, 44, 1:46)
Rashomon (Kurosawa, 50, 1:28)
Top Hat (Sandrich, 35, 1:39)
The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 39, 1:41)
Singin' in the Rain (Kelly & Donen, 52, 1:42)
The Sound of Music (Wise, 65, 2:54)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Siegel, 56, 1:20)
À bout de souffle (Godard, 59, 1:29)
Les Quatre Cents Coups (Truffaut, 59, 1:39)
Det Sjunde inseglet (Bergman, 57, 1:36)
Rear Window (Hitchcock, 54, 1:52)
North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 59, 2:16)
Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 62, 3:42)
Goldfinger (Hamilton, 64, 1:51)
Henry V (Branagh, 89, 2:17)
Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren, 43, :18)
Easy Rider (Hopper, 69, 1:34)
Festival Shorts
Meng long guojiang (Lee, 1972, 1:31)
Ying xiong (Zhang, 2002, 1:39)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chow, 2004, 1:38)
Salaam Bombay! (Nair, 1988, 1:53)
Bend It Like Beckham (Chadha, 2002, 1:52)
Lagaan (Gowariker, 2001, 3:44)
Three Idiots (Hirani, 2009, 2:51)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 69, 2:19)
The Godfather (Coppola, 72, 2:15)
Jaws (Spielberg, 75, 2:04)
Star Wars (Lucas, 77, 2:01)
Working Girls (Borden, 86, 1:30)
Do The Right Thing (Lee, 89, 2:00)
Desperado (Rodruiguez, 95, 1:43)