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12-1pmandW:
8-9:
30amandbyappt.(SOS170)
vschwart@usc.edu
Description:
Fewcontemporaryinstitutionsandformsofrepresentationhavehadagreaterimpactontheworldthanfilmandtelevision.Yet,whilewelearntobespectatorsearlyoninourlives,weoftenlackthecriticaltoolsneededtocontextualize,analyze,andcritiquetheimagesandideologiesofscreenculture.JustasreadingandliteracyisafundamentalstageinhumandevelopmentintheWesternworld,soisone’sidentityasaconsumerofthemovingimage.Wecannotunderstandtheworldaroundusnorunderstandhowtoimproveitunlessweconsiderthemeaningoftheroleofspectatorshipandthepowerandinfluenceofmovingimagesbothonthescreenandintheworldoutsidetheimage.
Thereisalsoaspecificityofthecinematicimage(photographedimagesthatappeartomovebecauseofanopticalillusion)thatgivesfilmaparticularrecoursetothe“realworld.”Filmhasofferedanamazingalchemyofdreamsandrealitiesthathavemadethemoviesapowerfulvehicleforstory-telling(whetherfictionalornon-fictional)andisamodethatcontinuestobeveryinfluentialdespitechangesintechnologiesofproductionandconsumptionformats.
ThisisnotaclassonAmericanhistorythroughthemovies.Instead,thegoalofthisclassistoconsiderthehistoryofthetwentiethcenturyascreated“by”theexistenceofthemoviesanditsinstitutions.WewillaskaboutthespecialroleplayedbyAmericainshapingthathistory.Hollywoodhasplayedadisproportionatelylargeroleinthehistoryofthemoviesandtheirinfluencebutthatinfluencehasbeenglobalinscale.ThiscourseisthestoryofhowAmericacametodominatetheworldinpartbycapturingheartsandmindsthroughapowerfulform–atonceartanddocument.WefollowtheemergenceofHollywooditselfasacosmopolitanandinternationalcenteroffilmproduction.Hollywoodisnotnorhasiteverbeen“America.“ItsglobalsuccesshingednotonsellingAmericanatoswankyParisiansbutratheronthefactthatitalreadyrepresentedthevaluesofswankyParisiansandGermansandEuropeanstoAmericanfarmers.WebeginfromthepremisethattheopennessofHollywoodandthemobility(oftenforced)offilmmakersincomingtoHollywood,firstasaplace,thenasamethodofproduction,hasmadeHollywood,Hollyworld.Theclassexaminesthehistoryofthemoviesanditsinstitutionsandpracticesatthesametimethatitconsiderstheenormousinfluenceandimpactofthemoviesonthehistoryofthetwentiethcenturythatproducedaconditioninwhichlittleappearstohavehappened“offscreen.”Thiscourseisaboutthe20thcentury,“asamovie.”
ClassFormat:
Wewillmeettwiceweeklyinalectureformatandthenonceaweekfordiscussionofthereadingmaterials,screeningsandlectures.AllreadingsandscreeningsaretobecompletedbyFriday’sdiscussion.Readingscomefrombooksmadeavailableforpurchaseorintheformofarticlesthatarepostedontheclassblackboard.AllscreeningmaterialswillbeavailableinLeaveyLibrary.WewillalsoofferapublicscreeningwithsnacksonWednesdaysoftheweek’sfilm(s)from6:
30-8:
30pm(orthereafter)inourclassroomwhereyoucanwatchtheweek’srequiredfilms.Thisisoptional,ofcourse.
Requirements:
Thecourseincludesamidterm(25%ofthegrade),afinal(30%ofthegrade),2papers(15each%),andclassparticipation(15%).Weexpectstudentstoattendallscheduledclassesanddiscussions;
unexcusedabsenceswillaffectyourgradeandmorethan3willresultinanautomaticfailureintheclass.Allworksubmittedmustbyentirelywrittenbythestudent.PlagiarismwillresultinanFinthecourseandtheinitiationofexpulsionproceedings.
RequiredReadingsandScreenings:
BooksforPurchase:
LeoCharneyandVanessaSchwartz,CinemaandtheInventionofModernLife(BerkeleyandLosAngeles:
UniversityofCaliforniaPress)
RobertSklar,Movie-MadeAmerica:
ACulturalHistoryofAmericanMovies(NewYork:
VintageBooksandToronto:
RandomHouse,1994)
VanessaSchwartz,It’sSoFrench!
:
Hollywood,Paris,andtheMakingofCosmopolitanFilmCulture(Chicago:
UniversityofChicagoPress,2007)
ArticlesonBlackboard:
BostonBranchoftheNationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople.“FightingaViciousFilm:
Protestagainst‘TheBirthofaNation’(1915).”InStevenMintzandRandyRoberts,eds.Hollywood’sAmerica:
UnitedStatesThroughItsFilms.St.James,NewYork:
BrandywinePress,1993,79-80.
Collier,John.“CheapAmusements.”CharitiesandCommons(11April1908).InRichardAbel,TheRedRoosterScare:
MakingCinemaAmerican,1900-1910.Berkeley,LosAngeles,andLondon:
UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1999,73-77.
Currie,BartonW.“TheNickelMadness,”Harper’sWeekly(August24,1907).InStevenMintzandRandyRoberts,eds.Hollywood’sAmerica:
BrandywinePress,1993,76-78.
Fein,Seth.“CultureAcrossBordersintheAmericas.”HistoryCompass
Franklin,JohnHope.“SilentCinemaasHistoricalMythmaker.”InStevenMintzandRandyRoberts,eds.Hollywood’sAmerica:
BrandywinePress,1993,42-52.
Fraser,AlastairH.,AndrewRobertshawandSteveRoberts.GhostsontheSomme:
FilmingtheBattle,June-July1916.Barnsley,SouthYorkshire:
Pen&
SwordMilitary,2009,1-14and163-174.
Friedan,Betty.TheFeminineMystique.NewYork:
DellBooks,1963,pp.11-27and33-68
GurleyBrown,Helen.SexandtheSingleGirl.NewYork:
PocketBooks,1962,Chapters4and7,pp.65-88and119-137
Hulfish,David.“AStore-FrontTheaterBuilding,”CyclopediaofMotion-PictureWork(1911).InRichardAbel,TheRedRoosterScare:
UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1999,77-79.
Kael,Pauline.“BonnieandClyde.”TheNewYorker(October21,1967),147-171.
Litwack,LeonF.“TheBirthofaNation.”InMarkC.Carnes,ed.PastImperfect:
HistoryAccordingtotheMovies.NewYork:
AnOwlBook,HenryHoltandCompany,1996,136-141.
Maland,CharlesJ.“ThePopularFront,TheGreatDictator,andtheSecondFront,1936-1942.”InCharlesJ.Maland.ChaplinandAmericanCulture:
TheEvolutionofaStarImage.Princeton,NewJersey:
PrincetonUniversityPress,1989,159-186.
Matuszewski,Boleslas,LauraU.Marks,andDianeKoszarski.“ANewSourceofHistory.”FilmHistory7:
3(Autumn,1995),322-324.
SelectionsfromPaulMcDonald,TheStarSystem:
Hollywood’sProductionofPopularIdentities(London:
Wallflower,2000)
Menand,Louis.“FindingItattheMovies.”TheNewYorkReviewofBooks(March23,1995).
Menand,Louis.“GrossPoints:
IstheBlockbustertheEndofCinema?
”TheNewYorker(February7,2005).
Menand,Louis.“MastersoftheMatrix:
Kennedy,Nixon,andtheCultureoftheImage.”TheNewYorker(January5,2004).
Menand,Louis.“Paris,Texas:
HowHollywoodBroughttheCinemabackfromFrance.”TheNewYorker(February17,2003),169-177.
NationalArchives.DescriptionofPhotographicUnitfromNationalArchives–ExperiencesinEuropeanTheaterofOperations
Ross,StevenJ.,ed.MoviesandAmericanSociety.Oxford,UK:
BlackwellPublishers,2002,14-37.
Scott,A.O.“TwoOutlaws,BlastingHolesintheScreen.”NewYorkTimes(August12,2007).
Smither,Roger.“Introduction.”InImperialWarMuseum.TheBattleoftheSomme(DVDBooklet).
Sontag,Susan.“TheDecayofCinema.”TheNewYorkTimes(February25,1996).
Sorlin,Pierre.“HowtoLookatan‘Historical‘Film.”InMarciaLandy,ed.TheHistoricalFilm:
HistoryandMemoryinMedia.NewBrunswick,NewJersey:
RutgersUniversityPress,2000,25-49.
Wasson,Haidee.“StudyingMoviesattheMuseum:
TheMuseumofModernArtandCinema’sChangingObject.”InLeeGrievesonandHaideeWasson,eds.InventingFilmStudies.DurhamandLondon:
DukeUniversityPress,2008,121-148.
Wolfe,Charles.“ThePoeticsandPoliticsofNonfictionFilm:
DocumentaryFilm.”InTinoBalio,GrandDesign:
HollywoodasaModernBusinessEnterprise,1930-1939.Berkeley,LosAngelesandLondon:
UniversityofCaliforniaPress,1993,pp.351-386.
OutofClassFilmScreenings:
Whencallnumberisnotthere,itisbecausethelibraryiscurrentlypurchasingtheDVD.
GeorgeLoaneTucker,“TrafficinSouls”(1913)–fromGiorgioBertellini,Perilsofthenewland:
filmsoftheimmigrantexperience(1910-1915)-LVYDVD2524disc1;
LVYDVD2524disc2
GeoffreyMalinsandJohnMcDowell,“TheBattleoftheSomme”-documentary(1916)
JacquesRichard,“HenriLanglois:
ThePhantomoftheCiné
mathè
que”(2004)
CharlieChaplin,“TheGreatDictator”(1940)-LVYDVD786disc1;
LVYDVD786disc2
MervynLeRoy,“Golddiggersof1933”(1933)
AlfredHitchcock,“ForeignCorrespondent”(1940);
alsoavailableonNetflixinstantwatching.
ChristianDelage,“Nuremberg:
TheNazisFacingtheirCrimes”(2006)-LVYDVD3728disc1;
LVYDVD3728disc2
USDepartmentofDefense,“TheNaziConcentrationCamps”(1945)–ontheDelageDVD
WaltDisney’s“Fantasia”(1940)-LVYDVD294
StanleyDonen&
GeneKelly,“It’sAlwaysFairWeather”(1955)
MichaelAnderson,“AroundtheWorldin80Days”(1956)
RichardLester,“AHardDay’sNight”(1964)-LVYDVD1026disc1;
LVYDVD1026disc2
ArthurPenn,“BonnieandClyde”(1967)-LVYDVD196
HalAshby,“ComingHome”(1978)
PaulMazursky,“AnUnmarriedWoman”(1978)
StephenChow,“KungFuHustle”(2004)-LVYDVD1282
IMPORTANTDUEDATES
Wednesday,September15:
Firstshortpaper(3-5pages);
dueatthestartofclass
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