Post here a link (and a wee comment thereon) to any early 60's/70'ish film or artwork about an 'identity' group you belong or relate to.
Also, we didn't get to follow up on the "Do Something Bold (when you're sober) and Buck Convention or Social Norms - Just to See If You Can and How It Feels" double-dog dare.
Give it a try and share a tale here??
Enjoy your holiday all.
You're a great class and I'm thankful for you!
Yours humbly,
LH
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Movie Assignments over the holiday
As on the handout, do go see an IMAX movie (preferably 3D) with an eye to present-day technologies and where they might go next. (Sorry "Dark Knight" just left). :-(
For our 70's week, see "Network" or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
For our 70's week, see "Network" or "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Monday, November 17, 2008
Week 6: "Clockwork Orange" or "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Give Kubrick your tough critique. He's dead, but your considered response still matters....
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Week 5 - Rebel Without a Cause
Post your comments here.
(You can also comment on "Ten Angry Men" or "On the Waterfront" should you prefer).
(You can also comment on "Ten Angry Men" or "On the Waterfront" should you prefer).
Thursday, October 16, 2008
General Movie Blabbing
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
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
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.
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