After our discussion of The Thin Blue Line this week, I thought you all migt be interested to know that David Harris, now 43 years old, faces execution Wednesday for the murder he committed a couple of years after killing the police officer in Dallas.
I've just submitted Linda Williams' essay, "Mirrors without Memories" to electronic reserve. It should be available no later than Wednesday. Wiliams provides even more background into the film and the decisions Morris made in constructing the plot of the film.
Speaking of documentaries, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 hits theaters on Friday. If anyone happens to see the film, I'd like to know what you think of it.
This week's film is Errol Morris's The Thin Blue Line (1988). Morris recently won teh Academy Award for best documentary film for The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. Comments are welcome about either film.
This is certainly not required reading, but as promised, here's a link to my article on Sans Soleil.
This week's film will be Citizen Kane. Make sure that you read the materials I've placed on electronic reserve, selections from Robert Carringer's The Making of Citizen Kane
So, did anyone catch any movies this weekend? Feel free to read (or not) my reviews of Reconstruction and Everyday People, both of which I highly recommend. I'll be catching Control Room Tuesday night. What movies did you see?
I received an email about a film screening on Monday, at Ashtons, a coffehouse and restaurant near downtown Decatur and thought I'd pass it along. I'd also encourage you all to consider catching some of the films in this week's Atlanta Film Festival. So far, both of the films I've seen have been outstanding.
I just received an email announcing the launch of a companion website for Corrigan and White's textbook. Take a look around and let me know what you think.
For entertainment purposes only: Quentin Tarantino and Star Wars fans may appreciate this. Here's a link to Imperial Dogs, a mashup of Reservoir Dogs and Star Wars (via Boing Boing). Some cool songs and animation.
Here's some information about the Atlanta Film Festival, including a screening schedule. Here are the films I'm planning to watch, but I can also recommend Badassss!, especially if you like blaxploitation films, and Jonathan Demme's The Agronomist, a documentary about a Haitian journalist and freedom fighter, Jean Dominique.
Observations? Questions? How do you read the film's use of mise-en-scene? Cinematography? Sound?
Here are the promised terms from student presentations. Keep in mind that this list does not include all of the possible terms that might be included in the identification section.
Discuss you reactions to Bonnie and Clyde here. If you're not sure what to address, take a look at the "Perspectives" questions and address one of the ideas there.
The Cameos of Alfred Hitchcock: In honor of our class discussion of Vertigo, I've linked to this website which has film stills showing 37 of the 41 Hitchcock cameos in his films. Via Rashomon.
Here a few film stills from Vertigo. We may have an opportunity to take a look at these stills during class discussion Tuesday.
