Comment here if you like: must-see movies, any miscellaneous as relates to class, if even loosely.
See you around you guys. Be good to John, he loves you so... (A quote from "Gone with the Wind" - kinda).
Well, that's what I am anyway - gone with the wind.
If I get stuck in Egypt... it's been great!
Be good. Be brave. Get some sleep
and VOTE!!
Yours Humbly,
LHohlwein
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Fourth Movie Viewing - Gone with the Wind OR Casablanca
Another very long, also-racist Civil War movie.
Sorry. But... it's a classic (and there are five copies in the library) (relentless topic though, non?)
Consider here how the now matured film-making sound and color technologies effect the scope and detail of the narration of these lives. What makes you feel that this picture marks a real milestone in the history of film-making?
You could contrast this, should you chose, with "A Birth of A Nation."
Alternately, watch "Casablanca." (you'd have to rent this on your own)
Many films of Hollywood's golden era, and, indeed, ours today, have a lot of elements in it that are hard to find credible and require us to suspend our disbelief. What would be some examples of this in "Casablanca"? And/or, why do you think the movie is such a classic?
Write three paragraphs on either of these films.
Sorry. But... it's a classic (and there are five copies in the library) (relentless topic though, non?)
Consider here how the now matured film-making sound and color technologies effect the scope and detail of the narration of these lives. What makes you feel that this picture marks a real milestone in the history of film-making?
You could contrast this, should you chose, with "A Birth of A Nation."
Alternately, watch "Casablanca." (you'd have to rent this on your own)
Many films of Hollywood's golden era, and, indeed, ours today, have a lot of elements in it that are hard to find credible and require us to suspend our disbelief. What would be some examples of this in "Casablanca"? And/or, why do you think the movie is such a classic?
Write three paragraphs on either of these films.
Third Film Viewing - Battleship Potempkin OR The Jazz Singer
Please post your comments by Wednesday, October 29th at 8pm
The Battleship Potempkin is a piece of revolutionary propaganda and an early investigation into the deeply emotive power of editing. Consider in your comment how Eisenstein uses 'dialectical montage' (contrasting unrelated shots to lead the viewer to associations in a way that couldn't otherwise be done and often undescored by the shock of violence). Discuss an example or two of such montage work and how these juxtapositions made you feel. How does this emphasis on editing feel like a modernization of the medium?
Alternatively, (if John chooses to emphasize this in my absence), please comment on "The Jazz Singer," addressing how complex considerations of ethnicity was and is an important part urban American identity.
The Battleship Potempkin is a piece of revolutionary propaganda and an early investigation into the deeply emotive power of editing. Consider in your comment how Eisenstein uses 'dialectical montage' (contrasting unrelated shots to lead the viewer to associations in a way that couldn't otherwise be done and often undescored by the shock of violence). Discuss an example or two of such montage work and how these juxtapositions made you feel. How does this emphasis on editing feel like a modernization of the medium?
Alternatively, (if John chooses to emphasize this in my absence), please comment on "The Jazz Singer," addressing how complex considerations of ethnicity was and is an important part urban American identity.
Second Film Viewing - Modern Times
Please post your comments here by Wednesday October 22 at 8pm.
(Be ready to snort popcorn out of your nose. So so funny.....)
Include in your response (though perhaps obvious) some comment on the effect of mechanization on society at that time.
(Be ready to snort popcorn out of your nose. So so funny.....)
Include in your response (though perhaps obvious) some comment on the effect of mechanization on society at that time.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
First Film Viewing -Birth of a Nation
Please respond here with your responses to "Birth of A Nation"
This film can be shocking in its racism, but it is an unavoidable milestone in the history of film.
Write a two or three paragraph response here, recording your feelings/observations on the film and considering the time period of its release.
This is to be an informal and personal response. Due October 14th - 8pm.
We'll discuss in class.
This film can be shocking in its racism, but it is an unavoidable milestone in the history of film.
Write a two or three paragraph response here, recording your feelings/observations on the film and considering the time period of its release.
This is to be an informal and personal response. Due October 14th - 8pm.
We'll discuss in class.
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