Assignments and Readings Calendar
(Subject to change)| ER: Electronic Reserve | UM: Understanding Movies |
- August / 22 |
- Introduction: The 20th Century Latin American Film.
- The City in Latin America Cultural Representation
- Molesworth, Charles. “Discourse and the City.” ER.
- Dear, Michael. “The Power of Place. The Postmodern: Urban Condition.” ER
- UM Chapter 1 “ Photography”
- Soja, Edward. “Heterotopologies: Foucault and the Geohistory of Otherness.” ER
- UM Chapter 2 “Mise en scéne”
- Sarlo, Beatriz. “Modernity and Cultural Mixture: The Case of Buenos Aires.” ER
- Paper Topic Due
- Film: Herencia [Heritage] (Paula Hernández, Argentina, 2001)
- Patton. Paul. “Imaginary Cities: Images of Postmodernity.” ER
- UM Chapter 3 “Movement”
- UM Chapter 4 “Editing”
- Film: Amores perros [Love is a bitch] (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico, 2000)
EKSTROM LIBRARY Media SGA video collection (2nd floor) - UM Chapter 5 “Sound”
- Kandell, Jonathan, “Mexico’s Megalopolis.” ER
- Paper Proposal Due
- UM Chapter 6 “Acting”
- Dogme 95 (website): http://www.dogme95.dk/menu/menuset.htm
- UM Chapter 8 ““Story”
- UM Chapter 6 “Acting”
- Mumford, Lewis. “The Fall of Megapolis.”” ER
- UM Chapter 10 “Ideology” ER
Course presentation.
August / 24 |
August / 29 |
Readings:
August / 31 | | Homework |
Film: Central do Brasil [Central Station] (Walter Salles, Brasil, 1999)
September / 5 |
Labor Day. No class.
September / 7 | | Homework |
Discussion: Central do Brasil
September / 12 | | Homework |
Readings:
September / 14 | | Homework |
Film: Confesión a Laura [Confession to Laura] (Jaime Osorio Gómez, Colombia , 1991)
Call Number: Video PN 1997 .C685 1994
September / 19 | | Homework |
Readings:
September / 21 | | Homework |
September / 26 | | Homework |
Readings:
September / 28 | | Homework |
Film: En la puta vida [Tricky life] (Beatriz Flores Silva, Uruguay, 2001) *
Shown on Thursday Sept, 22 [Film Festival]
October / 3 | | Homework |
Readings:
October / 5 | | Homework |
Film:Si me comprendieras [If You Understood] (Rolando Díaz, Cuba, 1998)
October / 10 |
Fall Break. No class.
October / 12 | | Homework |
October / 13 |
Last Day to Withdraw.
October / 17 | | Homework |
Readings:
October / 19 |
MIDTERM EXAM
October / 24 |
Readings:
October / 26 | | Homework |
Film: Rodrigo D: No Futuro [Rodrigo D: No Future] (Victor Gaviria, Colombia, 1998) ,
October / 31 | | Homework |
Readings:
Shown on Thursday Oct, 6 [Film Festival]
November / 2 |
No Class.
Living la vida loca 2005: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage. Red Barn.
November / 7 | | Homework |
Readings:
November / 9 | | Homework |
Film: El chacotero sentimental: la película (Cristián Galáz, Chile, 2001).
November / 14 | | Homework |
Readings:
November / 16 | | Homework |
Film: Vivir mata [Life Kills] (Nicolás Echeverría, México , (2001)
Shown on Thursday Oct, 13 [Film Festival]
November / 21 |
Paper Draft Due
November / 23 |
Thanksgiving Break.
No class
November / 28 |
No class.
November / 30 | | Homework |
La ciudad [The City] (David Riker , USA, 1998 )
Call Number: Video PN 1997 .C518 2000
December / 5 |
No class.
December / 7 | | Homework |
Final Exam
11:30 a.m to 2:00 p.m.
Final version of paper Due.