Study Questions and Special Assignments

• Week 1 - 4
• Week 5 - 8
• Week 9 - 12
• Week 13-15

• Link to Questions for Essay # 1 (due 10/7/02)
• Link to Questions for Essay # 2 (due 11/20/02)
• Link to Final Exam (due 12/TBA/02)

• F. W. Murnau, Nosferatu (1922)
• Sergei Eisenstein, Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• Fritz Lang, M (1931)
• Jean Renoir, Grand Illusion (1937)
• Roberto Rossellini, Open City (1945)
• Kenji Mizoguchi, Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
• Jean-Luc Godard, Breathless (1960)
• Ingmar Bergman, Persona (1966/7)
• Werner Herzog, Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
• Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
• Ousmane Sembene, Xala (1974)
• Mira Nair, Salaam Bombay! (1988)
• John Woo, The Killer (1989)

• Link to Film Evaluation Form
• Handout: Open and Closed Form in Film
• Handout: "How to Read a Film Sequence?"
• Course Reader: List of Content/Bibliographical Information
• 10/16/02: On Japanese Art, Culture, and Society
• 10/28/02: "Focus on Cinematography"
• 11/11/02: "How to Understand Film Narrative"

Some Useful Links

• Internet Movie Database
• Film Index International
• Screensite: Information Services
• Movie Cliche List
• Film and Media Studies Subject Site, Olin Library, Washington University