[Kill Bill, I]
[Kill Bill, I]
Professor Allen Woll
Robeson Library 298
Ex. 6670/6671 or e-mail: awoll@camden.rutgers.edu
Assigned Readings: T. Schatz, The
Genius of the System
P. Kael, “Raising Kane” (on e-reserve)
P. Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
G. Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks
Additional Hand-Outs
July 26
Introduction/From Silence to Sound
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, intro-59
July 27
Films in the Great Depression/The Production Code
Schatz, Intro & Part I
Read: The
Production Code
or this version
July 28
The Dominance of the Studio System
Schatz, Part II
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, 61-93
July 29
The Cinematic Road to World War II
Schatz, Part III & IV
Citizen Kane
assignment will be distributed--due August 2
August 2 Citizen Kane (1941) and the Auteur Theory
[Note: Students should see Citizen Kane on their own, and read
"Raising Kane" by Pauline Kael before coming to class. Citizen Kane
assignment due when class begins]How to set up e-reserve? To find "Raising Kane", see below
August 3 The Cinema and World War II
August 4
Cinema in the McCarthy Era
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, 95-153
The
Hollywood Blacklist
August 5 MIDTERM EXAM
August 9
Hollywood, Television, and the Disappearing Audience
Schatz, Part V
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, 154-193
Read: "Hitchcock
at 100"
(You will have to register at the New York Times site)
-- Read articles ("Is
that Ticking (pause) a Bomb?" and 4 reviews of Psycho (in left column))
August 10
Hollywood in the 1960s/the New Ratings System
Begin reading Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
August 11
Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese and the Film School Generation
Biskind, Easy Riders, (continue & complete)
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, 194-259
August 12
Modern Hollywood and the New Entertainment Conglomerates
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, 311-352
August 16
Independent Hollywood??
Merritt, Celluloid Mavericks, (complete)
August 17
Final Exam
Grades: Midterm (40%) [August 5]
Final (40%) [August 17]
Citizen Kane Assignment (20%--August 2)
***Attendance will be taken at 8:00. Those arriving late three times or more will receive a 5% penalty. Those absent three times or more will receive a 10% penalty.***
Selected Web Sites:
Searching for information about specific
films, directors, or actors?
Finding "Raising Kane":
Go into Iris, Go into Reserve, Type in instructor's name
(WOLL), and click on instructor. Click on View next to the one
that says electonic reserve. Then click on the URL of each part
(there are 10) in order to see the entire article. They can print
for free from the labs, they need adobe to view it at home. Or,
they can check out book.