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Extra Credit Opportunities 1 COM 320, History of Film, Fall 2016 Extra Credit Viewing Opportunities (as of 9/12/16) All due at the Final Exam (may hand in earlier) You may receive up to 2% extra credit for each film viewed and fully analyzed (up to 4% for selected, approved films showing at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, the Cleveland Museum of Art, or area Film Festivals if ticket stub is attached), to a maximum total of 10%. Films must be from the attached list of approved films. There may be additions made in class or on a new handout. Many of the films on the list are available for free viewing at the CSU Michael Schwartz Library. Most are also available via Netflix. Additions: You may propose films to add to the list; if you wish to do so, please write me a note or email. If approved, I need to extend the offer to the rest of the class. For each film viewed, you need to do a little research. Use the Katz Film Encyclopedia or similar source to learn about the main "players" involved in the film--the director, producer(s), writer(s), DP/cinematographer, and main stars. IMDb is not sufficient for such biographical info as is it entirely user-generated, and very incomplete. On the other hand, Wikipedia has gotten much better, and although it’s also user-generated, it is also well user-corrected. The Katz book is available in the classroom projection booth for quick use before or after class. Use your textbook, too! After viewing the film, complete a 2-page typed, double-spaced report, addressing the following issues: 1. Historiography in 2 parts: A: What about this film makes it important to the history of film? What is its contribution (in terms of techniques, genre, movement, national cinemas, etc.)? B: What does this film inform us about the history of the U.S. or the world? i.e., How does it inform us about the human condition at a particular point in time? 2. Analyze the film in terms of the main "players" (director, DP, writer, etc., as noted above)--what unique talents did they bring to the endeavor? And, how does their contribution to this film fit into their long-term careers? Approved Extra Credit Film List as of 9/12/16: C - Showing at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque (www.cia.edu/cinematheque); double extra credit points possible for each (with ticket stub; 4% each) MA - Showing at the Cleveland Museum of Art; double extra credit points possible for each (with ticket stub) CDFF - Showing at the Chagrin Documentary Film Fest; double extra credit points possible for each (with ticket stub) * - Indicates film is available at the CSU Michael Schwartz Library for viewing there. Double Extra Credit with ticket stub (4% each): C – Dekalog: Five & Six, 1988, Poland, Krzysztof Kieslowski—9/16 @ 7:00 pm & 9/18 @ 4:00 pm C – tom thumb, 1958, U.S./U.K., George Pal—9/17 @ 6:00 pm (WITH Russ Tamblyn ($) in person!) 2 C – Taste of Cherry, 1997, Iran, Abbas Kiarostami—9/18 @ 6:30 pm (IN 35mm!) C – Dekalog: Seven & Eight, 1988, Poland, Krzysztof Kieslowski--9/22 @ 8:30 pm & 9/25 @ 4:00 pm C – Laughter in Hell, 1933, U.S., Edward L. Cahn—9/24 @ 6:40 pm & 9/25 @ 6:30 pm (IN 35mm!) C – Law and Order, 1932, U.S., Edward L. Cahn—9/24 @ 8:30 pm (IN 35mm!) C – Way Out West, 1937, U.S., James W. Horne—9/30 @ 7:30 pm & 10/1 @ 5:00 pm (Laurel & Hardy) C – Dekalog: Nine & Ten, 1988, Poland, Krzysztof Kieslowski—10/1 @ 6:25 pm & 10/2 @ 8:35 pm C – Gabriel Over the White House, 1933, U.S., Gregory La Cava—10/6 @ 8:45 pm & 10/9 @ 6:30 pm (IN 35mm!) C – Porgy and Bess, 1959, U.S., Otto Preminger—10/8 @ 7:30 pm (SPECIAL SCREENING ($) IN 35mm!...Last shown publicly in 2007) (Starring Cleveland’s own Dorothy Dandridge) C – A Face in the Crowd, 1957, U.S., Elia Kazan—10/13 @ 8:40 pm & 10/15 @ 6:40 pm (IN 35mm!) C – All the King’s Men, 1949, U.S., Robert Rossen—10/22 @ 6:45 pm (IN 35mm!) C – Point of Order, 1964, U.S., Emile de Antonio—10/30 @ 4:15 pm MA – The Kid From Cleveland, 1949, U.S., Herbert Kline—9/18 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm (WITH Russ Tamblyn ($) in person!) (SHOT in Cleveland locations!) MA – Captains Courageous, 1937, U.S., Victor Fleming—9/23 @ 6:45 pm & 9/25 @ 1:30 pm MA – The Great Adventure, 1953, Sweden, Arne Sucksdorff—9/30 @ 7:00 pm MA – Gunga Din, 1939, U.S., George Stevens—10/5 @ 6:45 pm & 10/7 @ 6:45 pm MA – Jungle Book, 1942, U.S./U.K., Zoltan Korda—10/16 @ 1:30 pm MA – When Comedy Was King, 1960, U.S., Robert Youngson—10/19 @ 7:00 pm & 10/21 @ 7:00 pm (Compilation of silent comedy with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, etc.) CDFF – Starring Austin Pendleton, 2016, U.S., Gene Gallerano & David H. Holmes—10/5 @ 5:00 pm CDFF – One Size Fits All, 2016, U.S., Samuel Garcia Sanchez—10/8 @ 5:45 pm CDFF – The Slippers, 2016, U.S., Morgan White—10/6 @ 7:30 pm & 10/9 @ 2:30 pm Regular Extra Credit, on-your-own viewing (2% each); listed alphabetically: *Aguirre, Wrath of God, 1973, W. Germany, Werner Herzog *Alexander Nevsky, 1938, Soviet Union, Sergei Eisenstein Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, 1974, W. Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder *Alphaville, 1965, France, Jean-Luc Godard *Anatomy of a Murder, 1959, U.S., Otto Preminger *Annie Hall, 1977, U.S., Woody Allen *The Apartment, 1960, U.S., Billy Wilder *The Awful Truth, 1937, U.S., Leo McCarey *Beauty and the Beast, 1946, France, Jean Cocteau Berlin, the Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie einer Grosstadt), 1927, Germany, Walter Ruttmann The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946, U.S., William Wyler *The Big Heat, 1953, U.S., Fritz Lang *Birth of a Nation, 1915, U.S., D. W. Griffith *Black Girl, 1966, Senegal, Ousmane Sembene *Black Narcissus, 1947, Britain, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger The Blood of a Poet, 1930, France, Jean Cocteau The Blue Angel, 1930, Germany, Josef von Sternberg *Body and Soul, 1925, U.S., Oscar Michaeux *Bride of Frankenstein, 1935, U.S., James Whale *Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957, Britain, [Sir] David Lean *Cabin in the Sky, 1943, U.S., Vincente Minnelli 3 Cabiria, 1914, Italy, Giovanni Pastrone *Casablanca, 1942, U.S., Michael Curtiz City of Lost Children, 1995, France/Spain/Germany, Jean-Pierre Jeunet *Closely Watched Trains, 1966, Czechoslovakia, Jiri Menzel Cries and Whispers, 1972, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman The Crowd, 1928, U.S., King Vidor Das Boot, 1981, W. Germany, Wolfgang Petersen *Diabolique, 1955, France, Henri-Georges Clouzot Dial M for Murder, 1954, U.S., Alfred Hitchcock Dinner at Eight, 1933, U.S., George Cukor *Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964, Britain, Stanley Kubrick Doctor Zhivago, 1965, U.S., David Lean *The Emperor Jones, 1933, U.S., Dudley Murphy *Eyes Without a Face, 1960, France, Georges Franju *Fahrenheit 451, 1967, U.S.(?), Francois Truffaut *The Fallen Idol, 1948, Great Britain, Sir Carol Reed Fanny and Alexander, 1983, Sweden, Ingmar Bergman The Firemen’s Ball, 1967, Czechoslovakia, Milos Forman A Fistful of Dollars, 1964, Italy, Sergio Leone *The Fortune Cookie, 1966, U.S., Billy Wilder *42nd Street, 1933, U.S., Lloyd Bacon (chor. by Busby Berkeley) *The 400 Blows, 1959, France, Francois Truffaut Fox and His Friends, 1975, W. Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Freaks, 1932, U.S., Tod Browning The General, 1927, U.S., Buster Keaton Gaslight, 1944, U.S., George Cukor *Giant, 1956, U.S., George Stevens *The Golden Coach, 1952, Italy, Jean Renoir *The Good Earth, 1937, U.S., Sidney Franklin Grand Hotel, 1932, U.S., Edmund Goulding *Grand Illusion, 1937, France, Jean Renoir *The Great Dictator, 1940, U.S., Charles Chaplin *Great Expectations, 1946, Britain, David Lean Greed, 1925, U.S., Erich von Stroheim *Hiroshima, Mon Amour, 1959, France/Japan, Alain Resnais *His Girl Friday, 1940, U.S., Howard Hawks How Green Was My Valley, 1941, U.S., John Ford *Intolerance, 1916, U.S., D. W. Griffith *It Happened One Night, 1934, U.S., Frank Capra J’accuse (I Accuse), 1919, France, Abel Gance Juliet of the Spirits, 1965, Italy/France, Federico Fellini The Killers, 1946, U.S., Robert Siodmak *King Kong, 1933, U.S., Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Kriemhild's Revenge, 1924, Germany, Fritz Lang La Notte, 1961, Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni La Roue, 1923, France, Abel Gance *The Last Laugh, 1924, Germany, F. W. Murnau *Last Year at Marienbad, 1961, France/Italy, Alain Resnais 4 *Laura, 1944, U.S., Otto Preminger L’Avventura, 1960, Italy Michelangelo Antonioni L’Eclisse, 1962, Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni *Little Caesar, 1930, U.S., Mervyn Leroy The Little Foxes, 1941, U.S., William Wyler The Lodger, 1926, Britain, Alfred Hitchcock Los Olvidados, 1950, Mexico, Luis Bunuel *M, 1931, Germany, Fritz Lang The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, U.S., Orson Welles *The Maltese Falcon, 1941, U.S., John Huston *Marty, 1955, U.S., Delbert Mann *Mean Streets, 1973, U.S., Martin Scorsese *Metropolis, 1927, Germany, Fritz Lang Mildred Pierce, 1945, U.S., Michael Curtiz *Modern Times, 1936, U.S., Charlie Chaplin My Favorite Wife, 1940, U.S., Garson Kanin My Little Chickadee, 1940, U.S., Edward Cline Napoleon, 1927, France, Abel Gance A Night at the Opera, 1935, U.S., Sam Wood *Night of the Hunter, 1955, U.S., Charles Laughton Nights of Cabiria, 1957, Italy, Federico Fellini *No Way Out, 1950, U.S., Joseph L.
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