NOVEMBER 20 - THIS WEEK'S PAPER IS DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY, NO EXCUSES!

Films:

Shanghai Express (Von Sternberg 1932) DVD 5266            

Black and Tan Fantasy (Murphy 1929) DVD 2743

excerpts from: 

Design for Living (Lubitsch 1933) DVD 1896 (1:16 to 8:41)

Notorious (Hitchcock 1946) DVD 2026 (23:08 to 26:01)

Morocco (Von Sternberg 1930) DVD 1998 (14:12 to 20:04)

Readings (to be done by November 26):

Thomas Schatz. “Hollywood: The Triumph of the Studio System,” in course reader.

Jack Smith. “Belated Appreciation of V.S.,” in course reader.

Susan Delson. Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card, in course reader.

Wheeler Winston Dixon. “Shanghai Express.”   

Paper topic (paper due November 27. Send all papers via email to elkrugamigos@earthlink.net; do not cc to Masa!):

Two more pages of progress on your final paper. This week, I care about what you turn in – I would like two pages of solid analysis of whatever film you’re discussing, working from a scene within the film. Since I’ve asked all of you to dedicate at least some of your paper to working with the films themselves, breaking down and discussing scenes in cinematic terms, THAT is what I expect in this week’s paper. Consider it another two pages out of the way to finishing your finals.  It is also due next Wednesday.

If you are out of town for Thanksgiving, be aware that it counts as an absence – it’s not a holiday – and that I expect you to turn in the paper to me by email that Wednesday. I also expect you to watch the two films – Ozu’s The Only Son and Kinugasa’s A Page of Madness as soon as possible. You need to watch the Ozu on the biggest screen you can get. Check the website next Wednesday evening for the assignment and the readings, both of which will be online.

Please note that the proposal, the first two pages of work on the final  and these additional pages are both REQUIRED assignments; it is impossible to pass the class without turning them both in BEFORE turning in the final on the last day of class.