Essay Two: Film Project List

Essay Two is based on your viewing and analysis of two war films. You should seriously consider getting a Netflix account, or sharing one with a classmate. You may not be able to find all the selected titles at Blockbuster. You may also try a Kim's in Manhattan, on St. Mark's between 2nd and3rd avenue.

Although this essay is not due until March 27, you might want to begin viewing the films to save time.

If you know of an appropriate film that is not on this list, please contact me and we can arrange to incorporate it into your paper.

Choose One Film From Each List and View It On Your Own:

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)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
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)
Taxi Driver (1977)
Coming Home (1978)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Heaven and Earth (1993)
Falling Down (1993)