OCTOBER 17

Films:
Sherlock, Junior (Keaton 1924) BluRay 041
The Kid (Chaplin 1921) DVD 1962
One Week (Keaton/Cline 1920) DVD 3703








Reading (to be done by October 23):

Walter Kerr, “The Keaton Quiet” and J. Hoberman, “After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred,” both in course reader.

Paper topic (paper due October 24):

Take whatever single moment made you laugh the hardest in today’s films and talk about how it works as CINEMA – how is the gag framed or edited (or not edited) or choreographed to make it funny. A good starting point might be to imagine the same joke shot or edited in a different way.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NEXT WEEK, OCTOBER 24, IS THE DROP DEAD DATE - THE FIRST FIVE PAPERS (INCLUDING THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT) MUST BE TURNED IN OR YOU WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS WITH A GRADE OF "NC." EMAIL ME AT elkrugamigos@earthlink.net IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!