Literature and Culture 116: German Postwar Cinema (AR, G)
Fall 2006 - Course Schedule
All assignments are due on the date on
which they appear.
You are responsible for viewing all films each Wednesday in Buck 108 at 7 pm.
Films may be found on reserve in Ames.
Film viewing schedule:
Aug. 30 - The Murderers are Among Us
Sept 6 - Sissi
Sept 13 - No Film - Work on projects
Sept 20 - The Bridge
Sept 27 - Berlin,
Schönhauser Corner
Oct 4 - Born in 1945
Oct 11 - One, Two,
Three
Oct 18 - Apache
Oct 25 - Legend of
Paul and Paula
Nov. 1 - The Marriage
of Maria Braun
Nov. 8 - Goodbye
to Winter (Winter Adé)
Nov. 15 - Germany,
Pale Mother
Nov. 29 - Head On
***Attend training session on either Mon. Sept
11 at 3:15 or Tues. Sept. 12 at 3:15 in Buck 204. The sessions should last an
hour.
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August 29 Introduction to the course; What does it mean to study film? |
August 31 - The Late Forties - Rubble Film
(Trummerfilm) The Murderers are Among Us |
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Sept 5 Hake 86 - 114 The Murderers are Among Us (Film Analysis Worksheet) |
Sept 7 - The Fifties - Homeland Film (Heimatfilm)/Historical Drama Bordwell/Thompson 68-103 (Narrative as Formal System) Partner Presentation 1: Sissi |
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Sept 12 - No class. Attend training session on either Mon. Sept 11 at 3:15 or Tues. Sept. 12 at 3:15 in Buck 204. The sessions should last an hour. Sissi (Film Analysis Worksheet) |
Sept 14 Reconstruction Film (Aufbaufilm) Group Presentation 1: Dudow Destinies of Women (1952) Extra Group Presentation |
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Sept 19 Screening of Montage Film Projects Meet in Beckman Auditorium |
Sept 21 Bordwell/Thompson 108-127 (Film Genres) Partner Presentation 2: The Bridge
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Sept 26 Bordwell/Thompson 175- 225 (Mise-en-Scene) The Bridge (Film Analysis Worksheet) |
Sept 28 - Generational Conflict Claus, "Rebels with a Cause: The Development of the 'Berlin-Filme' by G. Klein and W. Kohlhaase", DEFA: East German Cinema 93-116 in Reader Partner Presentation 3: Berlin, Schönhauser Corner
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October 3 Group Presentation 2: Klein Berlin Romance (1956) Bordwell/Thompson 229-252 (Cinematography)
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October 5 Hake 119-143 Partner Presentation 4: Born in 45 |
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October 10 Bordwell/Thompson 252-290 (Framing) Extra Group Presentation Born in 45 (Film Analysis Worksheet) |
October 12 No Class
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October 17 First Essay Due |
October 19 No Class
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October 24 - Comparative Western (Genre Cinema) Group Presentation 3: Apache and Apache Gold (1963 and 1973) Gemünden "Between Karl May and Karl Marx" One, Two, Three and Apache (Film Analysis Worksheets) |
October 26 Everyday Film (Alltagfilm) Bordwell/Thompson 294-343 (Editing) Partner Presentation 5: Legend of Paul and Paula |
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October 31 Young German Cinema Hake 144-174 Legend (Film Analysis Worksheet) |
November 2 New German Cinema Bordwell/Thompson 347-385 (Sound) Partner Presentation 6: The Marriage of Maria Braun
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November 7 Group Presentation 4: Veronika Voss Extra Group Presentation Elsaesser "The BRD Trilogy, or: History, the Love Story?" Reader |
November 9 Feminist Film Partner Presentation 7: Goodbye to Winter (Winter Adé)
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November 14 Second Essay Due
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November 16 Partner Presentation 8: Germany, Pale Mother
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November 21 McCormick: "Confronting German History: Melodrama, Distantiation, and Women's Discourse in Germany, Pale Mother" in Reader Germany, Pale Mother (Film Analysis Worksheet) |
November 23 Thanksgiving No Class |
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November 28 Hake 179-192 "The Manifesto of Women Film Workers" in Reader |
November 30 Partner Presentation 9: Head-On Göktürk: "Beyond Paternalism: Turkish German Traffic in Cinema" in Reader |
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December 5 Group Presentation 5: Run, Lola, Run Head-On (Film Analysis Worksheet) Work on final essays and final projects |
December 7 Final Film Projects Meet in Beckman Auditorium |
Final Exam: Friday, December 15th, 1:15-3:15 - Final Essay Due