Films:
Sisters of the Gion (Mizoguchi1936) DVD 3636
A Page of Madness (Kinugasa 1926) personal DVD (on class reserve shelf in film library)
Reading (to be done by December 2):
Tim Palmer. “Exotic
Aesthetics: Long Take Style and Staging in the Films of Mizoguchi and von
Sternberg.”
Jasper Sharp and Mariann Lewinsky. “A Page of
Madness.”
Assignment for December 3:
All the short papers that you have not yet turned in are due by 4 pm on Wednesday, December 3. You will be penalized one full FINAL grade for each missing short paper.
Thus, if you have attended every class and write a brilliant final paper but have failed to turn in one of the short papers, the highest grade you can hope for is a P.
I will email everyone this week to let you know where you stand – what papers you have not turned in and how many absences you have had thus far. Please be sure to get all the missing work in before class Wednesday!
