Class Notes 2/27: Orders of Business

There was some confusion today about the film list relevant to Essay 2.

You can access the Essay 2 information by clicking on the 2/1 archive page on this site. I'll update the Essay 2 assignment for class Wednesday.

Here is a list of the films for analysis, discussion, and contrast:

LIST ONE

First bunch *Extra Credit* (5%)

The Battleship Potemkin (1925) La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) (1937) Ivanovo Detstvo (1962) Battle of Algiers (1965) Hotara No Haka (Grave of the Fireflies) (1988) Life Is Beautiful (1998) No Man’s Land (2001) Broken Silence (2002)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Paths of Glory (1957)Apocalypse Now (1979)The Killing Fields (1984)Platoon (1986)Full Metal Jacket (1987)Schindler’s List (1993)The Thin Red Line (1998)Three Kings (1999)The Pianist (2002)The Quiet American (2002)Hotel Rwanda (2004)Jarhead (2005)

LIST TWO

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Johnny Got His Gun (1971) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Jacob’s Ladder (1990)