Films to Watch

Film We’re Discussing

Reading Assigned

Monday

Tuesday

Wed.

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols,

American Beauty (1999) Sam Mendes

No Film Discussion this week – go introduce yourself to the class

Film: A Critical Introduction, Ch. 1, 2, & 3

 April 5

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Week 2

Moulin Rouge! (2001) Baz Luhrmann

Taxi Driver (1976) Martin Scorsese

The Graduate,

American Beauty

Film: A Critical Introduction, Ch. 1, 2, & 3

April 12

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Week 3

Memento (2000) Christopher Nolan

Thelma & Louise (1991) Ridley Scott

Moulin Rouge!

Taxi Driver

Film: Ch. 4 & 10

April 19

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21

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Film Journal #1 due no later than 9:00 a.m. PST to the drop box under Week 3 (includes The Graduate, American Beauty, Moulin Rouge!, and Taxi Driver)

Week 4

Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee

Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles

Memento,

Thelma & Louise

Film: Ch. 5

April 26

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Week 5

The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Joel & Ethan Coen

Do the Right Thing,

Citizen Kane

Film: Ch. 6 & 11

May 3

4

5

6

7

Week 6

Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock

Crash (2004) Paul Haggis

The Godfather,

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Film: Ch. 7

May 10

11

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13

14
Film Journal #2 due no later than 9:00 a.m. PST to the drop box under Week 6 (includes Memento, Thelma & Louise, Do the Right Thing, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and  O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Week 7

Saving Private Ryan (1998) Steven Spielberg

The Gold Rush (1925) Charlie Chaplin

Psycho,

Crash

Film: Ch. 8

May 17

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19

20

21

Week 8

Unforgiven (1992) Clint Eastwood

Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino

Saving Private Ryan,

The Gold Rush

Film: Ch. 12 & 13

May 24

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26

27

28

Week 9

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

Unforgiven,

Pulp Fiction

Film: Ch. 14

May 31

No School

June 1

2

Week 10

No films for this week.

Film: Ch. 9 & 15

Week 11

No films for this week.

Discuss how your views on films have changed.

No reading assigned this week

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