ENG 2300: Film Analysis

Class: MTWRF 3 (11:00-12:15) TUR 2322

Screenings: MW 6-7 (3:30-6:15) TUR 2328

Office Hours: TBA, and by appointment TUR 4357

Announcements

8/2:Schedule updated, Useful Stuff added

Your Next Weeks At a Glance

M 8/3: FT&C 564-575 (Schatz), FT&C 159-166 (Bazin)

The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley, 1990, 95 min)

La Jetee (1962, 28 min)

T 8/4: Peer Review/Conferences

W 8/5: FA 318-336 (Genre)

Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2001, 114 min)

R 8/6: FT&C 711-722 (Mulvey)

F 8/7: Analysis 2 Due, Wrap Up

Useful Stuff

The Reflecting Skin Theatrical Trailer

The Reflecting Skin (Wikipedia)

The Reflecting Skin Review - Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)

Childhood Nightmare, with a Touch of Alice - Vincent Canby (NY Times)

La Jetée (Wikipedia)

La Jetée Script

Retrospecto: La Jetée - Simon Sellars (Ballardian)

Paul Smith (introduction, translation) and Jean Louis Schefer on La Jetée

Battle Royale (Wikipedia)

Battle Royale: Challenging Global Stereotypes within the Constructs of a Contemporary Japanese Slasher Film - Samara L. Allsop (The Film Journal)

Battle Royale Review - Peter Bradshaw (Guardian)

Writing

Example of a Bad Response Paper

Example of a Successful Response Paper

Sample Film Analysis

Sample Film Analysis 2

Essential Links

Syllabus

Weird, Potentially Useful Things

'Useful Stuff' from past weeks

E-Reserves

E-Mail Lyndsay