Film Studies Syllabus -- Reickel - FCPS
Film Studies Syllabus -- Reickel
Fall 2011
Week 1 August 29 – Sept. 2 What Makes a Film Great? Part 1
Film Structure (12.10)
Class Film: The Shawshank Redemption 1994 142 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Manchurian Candidate 1962 126 m.
Taxi Driver 1976 113 minutes
Raging Bull 1980 129 minutes
Fight Club 1999 139 minutes
Sixth Sense 1999 107 minutes
A Beautiful Mind 2001 135 minutes
Mystic River 2003 137 minutes
Garden State 2004 102 minutes
The King’s Speech 2010 118 minutes
Week 2 Sept. 6 – Sept. 9 What Makes a Film Great? Part 2
Cinematography (12.20)
Class Film: Casablanca 1942 102 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Birth of a Nation 1915 159 minutes
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 69 min.
Potemkin 1925 65 minutes
Metropolis 1927 120 minutes
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 129 min.
Rebecca 1940 130 minutes
Citizen Kane 1941 119 minutes
The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 88 minutes
It’s a Wonderful Life 1947 129 minutes
Week 3 September 12 – 16 Should We Fear Machines?
Editing (12.40)
Class Film: The Matrix 1999 136 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 139 m.
Alien 1979 117 minutes
Star Wars IV 1977 120 minutes
Star Wars V 1980 127 minutes
Blade Runner 1982 118 minutes
The Terminator 1984 108 minutes
Aliens 1986 137 minutes
Total Recall 1990 109 minutes
Terminator 2 1991 136 minutes
Star Trek: First Contact 1996 106 minutes
Matrix Reloaded 2003 138 minutes
Matrix Revolutions 2003 129 minutes
Avatar 2009 162 minutes
Week 4 September 19 – 22 War Film Week
Production Design and Performance (12.30)
Class Films: Saving Private Ryan 1998 169 minutes
Restrepo 2010 93 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: High Noon 1952 84 minutes
The Great Escape 1963 172 minutes
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 1966 161 min.
Once Upon a Time In the West 1969 165 min.
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 1969 110 m.
Unforgiven 1992 131 minutes
The Deer Hunter 1978 182 minutes
Apocalypse Now 1979 153 minutes
Silverado 1985 132 minutes
Platoon 1986 120 minutes
Full Metal Jacket 1987 116 minutes
The Hurt Locker 2008 131 minutes
Inglourious Basterds 2009 153 minutes
Week 5 September 26 - 30 Hobbits, Robots and Epic Sound
Sound Design (12.50)
Class Films: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 208 minutes
Wall-E 2008 98 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Gone With the Wind 1939 222 min.
Bridge Over River Kwai 1957 161 m.
Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 186 minutes
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 216 minutes
Apocalypse Now 1979 202 minutes
Gandhi 1982 188 minutes
The Right Stuff 1983 193 minutes
The Two Towers 2002 223 minutes
The Return of the King 2003 200 minutes
Week 6 October 3 – October 7 Forwards and Backwards
Narrative (12.60)
Class Films: Eternal Sunshine … Spotless Mind 2004 108 m.
Memento 2001 113 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Reservoir Dogs 1991 100 minutes
Groundhog Day 1993 103 minutes
Pulp Fiction 1994 154 minutes
Run, Lola, Run 1998 81 minutes
Sliding Doors 1998 99 minutes
Donnie Darko 2001 113 minutes
Adaptation 2003 115 minutes
Kill Bill Volume 1 2003 111 minutes
Kill Bill Volume 2 2004 134 minutes
Week 7 October 10 – 14 Will You Suspend Your Disbelief?
Modes of Screen Reality (12.70)
Class Films: Singin’ In the Rain 1952 102 minutes
Moulin Rouge 2001 128 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Oklahoma! 1955 145 minutes
South Pacific 1958 151 minutes
West Side Story 1961 151 minutes
My Fair Lady 1964 170 minutes
Oliver! 1968 153 minutes
Grease 1978 110 minutes
All That Jazz 1979 123 minutes
The Blues Brothers 1980 133 minutes
Amadeus 1984 158 minutes
Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 76 minutes
Chicago 2002 113 minutes
Hairspray 2007 117 minutes
Week 8 October 17 – 20 “Never Go Against the Family”
Influence of Hollywood (12.80)
Class Film: The Godfather 1972 175 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Little Caesar 1930 79 minutes
The Public Enemy 1931 83 minutes
The Godfather Part II 1974 200 minutes
Scarface 1983 170 minutes
Once Upon a Time In America 1984 226 min.
Goodfellas 1990 146 minutes
Miller’s Crossing 1990 115 minutes
The Godfather Part III 1990 162 minutes
The Departed 2006 151 minutes
Week 9 October 24 – October 28 Views from Abroad
International Film (12.90)
Class Films: Pan’s Labyrinth 2006 120 minutes
Slumdog Millionaire 2008 120 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Rashomon 1951 88 minutes
Throne of Blood 1957 108 minutes
Yojimbo 1961 110 minutes
Ran 1985 161 minutes
Akira 1988 124 minutes
Princess Mononoke 1999 134 minutes
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 120 min.
Spirited Away 2002 124 minutes
Howl’s Moving Castle 2004 119 minutes
Nobody Knows 2005 141 minutes
Mid-Term Examination – October 28
Week 10 October 31 – Nov. 3 What Makes a Film Great? Part 3
Film Theory (12.100)
Class Film: No Country For Old Men 2007 122 minutes
Atonement 2007 130 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: On the Waterfront 1954 108 min.
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 111 min.
East of Eden 1955 115 minutes
The Hustler 1961 135 minutes
The Great Escape 1961 172 minutes
The Pawnbroker 1965 116 minutes
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 111 minutes
The Graduate 1967 105 minutes
Easy Rider 1969 94 minutes
The Last Picture Show 1971 118 minutes
The Sting 1973 129 minutes
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975 133 min.
Week 11 November 7 – 11 What Makes Us Laugh?
Film Theory (12.100)
Class Films: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 1986 103 minutes
Kick Ass 2010 117 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: City Lights 1931 86 minutes
Modern Times 1936 89 minutes
The Great Dictator 1940 128 minutes
Some Like It Hot 1959 120 minutes
Dr. Strangelove 1964 93 minutes
The Producers 1968 88 minutes
Young Frankenstein 1974 106 minutes Monty Python & the Holy Grail 1975 91 min.
Animal House 1978 109 minutes
This Is Spinal Tap 1984 82 minutes
Ghostbusters 1984 107 minutes
Back to the Future 1985 116 minutes
The Breakfast Club 1985 97 minutes
Midnight Run 1988 126 minutes
The Big Lebowski 1998 117 minutes
Love Actually 2003 135 minutes
Mean Girls 2004 97 minutes
Sideways 2004 123 minutes
Napoleon Dynamite 2004 82 minutes
Wedding Crashers 2005 119 minutes
The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 116 minutes
Little Miss Sunshine 2006 101 minutes
Superbad 2007 118 minutes
Knocked Up 2007 129 minutes
Week 12 November 14 - 18 Race and Communication
Film Theory (12.100)
Class Films: Crash 2004 112 minutes
Schindler’s List 1993 195 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 129 min.
In the Heat of the Night 1967 109 minutes
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1967 108 min.
The Color Purple 1985 154 minutes
Mississippi Burning 1988 128 minutes
Glory 1989 122 minutes
Do the Right Thing 1989 120 minutes Mississippi Marsala 1991 118 minutes
Malcolm X 1992 202 minutes
My Family 1995 128 minutes
He Got Game 1998 136 minutes
American History X 1998 119 minutes
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002 95 minutes
Miracle at St. Anna 2008 160 minutes
Week 13 November 22 – 23 Film Noir
Cinematography (12.20) and Narrative (12.60)
Class Film: The Usual Suspects 1995 106 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: M 1931 117 minutes
The Maltese Falcon 1941 100 minutes
Double Indemnity 1944 106 minutes
The Big Sleep 1946 114 minutes
The Third Man 1949 104 minutes
Sunset Blvd. 1950 110 minutes
Sweet Smell of Success 1957 96 minutes
Chinatown 1974 131 minutes
Fargo 1996 98 minutes
L.A. Confidential 1997 138 minutes
Requiem for a Dream 2002 102 minutes
Sin City 2005 124 minutes
Week 14 November 28 – December 2 Woody Allen Week
Narrative (12.60) and Film Theory (12.100)
Class Films: Matchpoint 2005 124 minutes
Play It Again, Sam 1972 85 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Sleeper 1973 89 minutes
Love and Death 1975 82 minutes
Annie Hall 1977 94 minutes
Interiors 1978 92 minutes
Manhattan 1979 96 minutes
Broadway Danny Rose 1984 86 minutes
Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 84 minutes
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 106 minutes
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 104 minutes
Shadows and Fog 1992 85 minutes
Mighty Aphrodite 1995 98 minutes
Deconstructing Harry 1997 96 minutes
Sweet and Lowdown 1999 95 minutes
Small Time Crooks 2000 94 minutes
Melinda and Melinda 2004 100 minutes
Scoop 2006 96 minutes
Cassandra’s Dream 2007 108 minutes
Vicky Christina Barcelona 2008 96 minutes
Week 15 December 5 – 9 Why Do We Enjoy Being Scared?
Sound Design (12.50), Editing (12.40) and Production (12.30)
Class Films: The Silence of the Lambs 1991 118 minutes
The Descent 2005 99 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Frankenstein 1931 71 minutes
Dracula 1931 75 minutes
King Kong 1933 103 minutes
Bride of Frankenstein 1935 75 minutes
The Night of the Hunter 1955 93 minutes
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 80 min.
Night of the Living Dead 1968 88 minutes
The Exorcist 1973 122 minutes
Jaws 1975 124 minutes
Halloween 1978 91 minutes
The Shining 1980 119 minutes
Friday the 13th 1980 95 minutes
Evil Dead 1981 85 minutes
The Thing 1982 109 minutes
Nightmare On Elm Street 1984 91 minutes
Evil Dead II 1987 85 minutes
The Ring 2000 123 minutes
28 Days Later 2002 113 minutes
Shaun of the Dead 2004 99 minutes
Grindhouse 2007 191 minutes
I Am Legend 2007 101 minutes
Paranormal Activity 2007 86 minutes
The Strangers 2008 86 minutes
Drag Me to Hell 2009 99 minutes
Week 16 December 12 - 16 The Master Filmmaker – Hitchcock
All indicators (review week)
Class Films: Strangers On a Train 1951 101 minutes
Psycho 1960 109 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: The 39 Steps 1935 87 minutes
Rebecca 1940 130 minutes
Spellbound 1945 111 minutes
Notorious 1946 102 minutes
Dial M for Murder 1954 105 minutes
Rear Window 1954 112 minutes
To Catch a Thief 1955 106 minutes
The Trouble With Harry 1956 99 minutes
The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 120 min.
Vertigo 1958 128 minutes
North By Northwest 1959 136 minutes
The Birds 1963 120 minutes
Week 17 December 19 – 22 Disney, Color and Animation
Cinematography (12.20) and Hollywood (12.80)
Class Film: Ratatouille 2007 111 minutes
Fantasia 1940 120 minutes
Suggested Films: The Wizard of Oz 1939 101 min.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 83 min Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 102 minutes
Bambi 1942 70 minutes
Cinderella 1950 72 minutes
Lady and the Tramp 1955 75 minutes
Mary Poppins 1964 139 minutes
The Secret of N.I.M.H. 1982 82 minutes
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 1988 103 minutes
The Little Mermaid 1989 83 minutes
The Rescuers Down Under 1990 74 minutes
Beauty and the Beast 1991 84 minutes
Aladdin 1992 90 minutes
Toy Story 1995 81 minutes
The Iron Giant 1999 86 minutes
Shrek 2001 90 minutes
Spirited Away 2001 125 minutes
Finding Nemo 2003 100 minutes
The Incredibles 2004 115 minutes
Shrek 2 2004 92 minutes
Up 2009 96 minutes
Toy Story 3 2010 103 minutes
Week 18 January 2 - 6 Expanding Our Horizons
International Film (12.90) and Narrative (12.60)
Class Films: The Seven Samurai 1954 141 minutes
Life Is Beautiful 1997 116 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: The Rules of the Game 1939 113 min.
The Seventh Seal 1956 96 minutes
Wild Strawberries 1957 90 minutes
Breathless 1959 89 minutes
Four Hundred Blows 1959 99 minutes
Jules and Jim 1961 104 minutes
8 1/2 1962 135 minutes
Red Desert 1964 118 minutes
Blowup 1966 111 minutes
The Bride Wore Black 1968 107 minutes
Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 94 minutes Mad Max 1979 93 minutes
The Road Warrior 1981 91 minutes
Das Boot 1981 149 minutes
Galipoli 1981 110 minutes
Wings of Desire 1988 128 minutes
City of God 2002 130 minutes
Bride and Prejudice 2004 107 minutes
Week 19 January 9 - 13 Sports and Film
Modes of Screen Reality (12.70) and Hollywood (12.80)
Class Films: Gladiator 2000 155 minutes
Bend It Like Beckham 2002 112 minutes
Suggested Homework Films: Brian’s Song 1971 73 minutes
Slap Shot 1977 123 minutes
Breaking Away 1979 100 minutes
Hoosiers 1986 114 minutes
Bull Durham 1988 108 minutes
Field of Dreams 1989 107 minutes
Hoop Dreams 1994 170 minutes
Jerry Maguire 1996 139 minutes
Tin Cup 1996 135 minutes
Remember the Titans 2000 113 minutes Miracle 2004 135 minutes
Coach Carter 2005 136 minutes
Final Exam January 17
Genre Presentations – January 6, 12, 13, 18, 19
Three excellent websites for film, which I consulted extensively in writing this syllabus, can help you with research on your films:
(International Movie Database)
(American Film Institute)
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