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Geography of Film (Geog 425) Syllabus | Resources | Schedule | Site |
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Note: All readings and viewings should be done before the class for which they're listed. Our text, Bordwell & Thompson's Film art: an introduction (1997), is abbreviated as B&T; other readings will be posted. |
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Mise-en-scène | |||
| 7 Jan: | Introduction | ||
| 14 Jan: | Getting into films | ||
| Post: | a participant profile | ||
| Watch: | Django Unchained & Rashōmon | ||
| Read: | B&T 2009 ch. 1:1-53; Foucault 1986 Of Other Spaces | ||
| Write: | on Getting into a film | ||
| 21 Jan: | No class: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (observed) | ||
| Read: | B&T 1997 ch.2 on film form; Escher 2006; Gámir & Valdés 2007 | ||
| Post: | a cinematic map | ||
| 28 Jan: | Film and Narrative Space | ||
| Watch: | Zoot Suit & Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) | ||
| Read: | B&T 2001 ch. 3 on narrative and ch. 4 on genre; & optionally Pagán 2000 | ||
| Write: | on 5 or 10 things a geographer should look for in a film | ||
The Right to the City | |||
| 4 Feb: | Taking the Streets | ||
| Watch: | Do the Right Thing & Milk | ||
| Read: | Harvey 2008; B&T 1997 ch. 5 on mise en scene, example essay on Do the Right Thing | ||
| Write: | a short review of a favorite film | ||
| 11 Feb: | In & Out of the City | ||
| Watch: | Chungking Express; Not One Less | ||
| Read: | Ning 2009; B&T 1997 ch.6 on cinematography | ||
| Write: | a close reading of a shot | ||
| 18 Feb: | No class: Precedents Day | ||
Film on the Road | |||
| 25 Feb: | Journeys of Discovery | ||
| Watch: | Danzón; & True Grit (Coen bros.) | ||
| Read: | B&T 1997 ch. 7 on editing and ch. 8 on sound | ||
| Write: | a short review of a road movie | ||
| Suggested: | 2001; Powwow Highway; Y tu mamá tambien | ||
| 4 Mar: | Desperate Journeys | ||
| Watch: | Without a Trace; & Casablanca | ||
| Read: | B&T 2001 ch. 10 on style ; Conley 2007: 93-100 | ||
| Write: | a close reading of a sequence | ||
| Suggested: | Down by Law; Thelma & Louise; Some Like it Hot; Enemy of the State; Lista de espera; We're no angels | ||
Mobilities | |||
| 11 Mar: | Crossing Borders | ||
| Watch: | Latcho Drom; & Delhi 6 | ||
| Read: | Aitken & Dixon 2006; Bhatawadekar 2011 | ||
| Write: | a comparative film review | ||
| Suggested: | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (KKKG) | ||
| 18 Mar: | The Circulation of Things | ||
| Watch: | Repo Man; & The Gleaners & I | ||
| Read: | B&T 2001 ch. 5 on documentaries (= 2009 ch. 10); Benjamin 1936 | ||
| 25 Mar: | No class: Spring Break / Kūhiō Day | ||
Mythic Time and Festival | |||
| 1 Apr: | The Post-Apocalypse | ||
| Watch: | The Third Man; 12 Monkeys; & La Jetée | ||
| Read: | Lukinbeal & Zimmermann 2006 | ||
| Suggested: | City of Lost Children | ||
| Write: | notes on one of the readings (other than B&T) | ||
| 8 Apr: | HIFF Spring Showcase | ||
| Meet at: | Dole Theatre for Midnight's Children | ||
| Write: | a review of another HIFF film | ||
| 15 Apr: | Finitude | ||
| Watch: | The Seventh Seal; & Black Orpheus | ||
| Suggested: | A Pure Formality; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring again | ||
| Write: | on the interaction of space and time | ||
| 22 Apr: | Writing workshop | ||
| Bring: | Draft portfolio (2 copies; graded for completeness) | ||
| 29 Apr: | Potluck & open discussion | ||
| Bring: | Final portfolio due | ||
| Films: | TBA | ||