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daily schedule
week 1
image from art.com Mon., Aug. 22: Screening: It Happened One Night (1934) | handout
Tues., Aug. 23: Lecture: Classical Hollywood Cinema | lecture outline
Thurs., Aug. 25: Reading: Read over syllabus, schedule, and other items posted on the course website
week 2
Mon., Aug. 29: Screening: The Great Train Robbery (1903); Traffic in Souls (1913) | handout
Tues., Aug. 30: Lecture: A “Cinema of Attractions” | lecture outline
Thurs., Sept. 1: Reading: Cook, Ch. One
week 3
Mon., Sept. 5: NO CLASS (Labor Day) | handout
Tues., Sept. 6: Lecture: D.W. Griffith and the Origins of American Narrative Film | lecture outline
Thurs., Sept. 8: Reading: Cook, Ch. 3
week 4
Mon., Sept. 12: Screening: Nosferatu (Murnau, 1922) | handout
Tues., Sept. 13: Lecture: German Expressionism’s Visual Storytelling | lecture outline
Thurs., Sept. 15: Reading: Cook, Ch. 4
image from allposters.com week 5
Mon., Sept. 19: Screening: M (Lang, 1931) | handout
Tues., Sept.20: Lecture: European Influences on American Narrative Cinema | lecture outline
Thurs., Sept.22: Reading: Cook, Ch. 9
week 6
Mon., Sept. 26: Screening: Public Enemy (Wellman, 1931) | handout
Tues., Sept. 27: Lecture: The Coming of Sound | lecture outline
Thurs. Sept. 29: Reading: Cook, Ch. 7
week 7
Mon., Oct. 3: MIDTERM EXAM (timed for 1 hour); Screening: Possessed (Brown, 1932) | handout
Tues., Oct. 4: Lecture: Pre-Code Films and the Sensational Stories They Told | lecture outline
Thurs, Oct. 6: Reading: no reading assigned
image from allposters.com week 8
Mon., Oct. 10: Screening: Rebecca (Hitchcock, 1940) | handout
Tues., Oct. 11: Lecture: Hitchcock and the American Studio System | lecture outline
Thurs., Oct. 13: Reading: Cook, Ch. 8
week 9
Mon., Oct. 17: Screening: Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) | handout
Tues., Oct. 18: Lecture: The Legacy of Citizen Kane | lecture outline
Thurs., Oct. 20: Reading: Cook, Ch. 10
image from allposters.com week 10
Mon., Oct. 24: Screening: Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944) | handout
Tues., Oct. 25: Lecture: What Is This Thing Called Noir? | lecture outline
Thurs., Oct. 27: Reading: Cook, Ch. 11 (pp. 372-385 only)
week 11
Mon., Oct. 31: Screening: Leave Her to Heaven (Stahl, 1945) | handout
Tues., Nov. 1: Lecture: Film Noir’s Visual Style | lecture outline
Thurs., Nov.3: Reading: Spicer, excerpt from Film Noir (download pdf, 10 MB)
week 12
Mon., Nov. 7: Screening: The Naked City (Dassin, 1948) | handout
Tues., Nov. 8: Lecture: The Documentary Noir | lecture outline
Thurs., Nov. 10: Reading: Naremore, excerpt from More than Night (download)
week 13
Mon., Nov. 14: Screening: Meet Me in St. Louis (Minelli, 1944) | handout
Tues., Nov. 15: Lecture: The Hollywood Musical | lecture outline
Thurs., Nov. 17: Reading: None
image from allposters.com week 14
Nov. 21: Thanksgiving Break
week 15
Mon., Nov. 28: Screening: The Bicycle Thief (De Sica, 1948) | handout
Tues., Nov. 29: Lecture: Brutal Tales of the War: Italian Neorealism | lecture outline
Thurs., Dec. 1: Reading: Cook, Ch. 11
week 16
Mon., Dec. 5: Screening: Singin' in the Rain (Kelly/Donen, 1952) | handout
Tues., Dec. 6: Lecture: The Self-Reflexive Musical | lecture outline
Thurs.: Dec. 8: Reading: None (study for the final!) BRING BLUEBOOK
exam week
Final Exam: Monday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m. (Allen Auditorium) | take-home question
