SEMINAR: FILM NOIR TERM II, 2005-2006

UNIT 1: Course Requirements/ Introduction The Maltese Falcon

UNIT 2: History and Notions of Noir Double Indemnity

UNIT 3: The Authors and their Visions and the Visual Motifs of Film Noir The Big Sleep

UNIT 4: Noir Narration Laura

UNIT 5: The Women of Film Noir Gilda

UNIT 6: Models of Maculinity The Lady from Shanghai

UNIT 7: Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Film Noir Sunset Boulevard (1950)

UNIT 8: Noir Directors and Noir's Legacy Chinatown (1974)

MOD 2 LECTURE SCHEDULE

As you can see each Tuesday is devoted to developing a background on film noir, what it is and how we interpret it. Every Wednesday there will be a film scheduled.  Every Friday the class readings and discussions will focus on the film shown.

It is highly recommended that you take careful notes on all the asisgned texts and then post your comment on those issues that you would like discussed. Some of the information is historical and you will simply need to learn it. For example the authors that contributed to noir and what they contributed should be clear in your notes by the second unit. *****Possibly put the web posts in the form of questions.

The FILMOGRAPHY on the Homepage on Film Noir has now been connected to the internet and therefore most of the ADDENDUM films will have these connections. SEE FILMOGRAPHY for them. I have added other materials which I felt useful for the films to be seen in class. I will make additional connections if anyone indicates that they have found a useful site when they were searching the internet.

REQUIREMENTS

  1. Attendance at all class sessions including film screenings on Wednesday. [total of 5 hours a week]
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  2. NOTES ON ASSIGNED READINGS and webposts for each class session.
  3. PAPER OUTLINE OF TOPICS TO BE COVERED ON THE FILM YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO DISCUSS.
  4. PAPER OF 20 PAGES 
  5. CHOICE OF READING ASSIGNMENTS FOR YOUR FILM (SEE ADDENDUM FILMOGRAPHY)
  6. RESPONSES TO EACH PAPER AND THE READINGS ASSIGNED.
  7. SELF-EVALUATION OF ALL OF THE ABOVE