(shameless promotion notice)
OK, I have no evidence to back that overblown statement up, but my students always enjoy the course (see Bluegrass Film Society for the course website and reviews of films by students—on the right side of the website).
ENG 282: International Film Studies (the course)
We only meet once a week and you will save money on gas! The class meets on Tuesday nights on cooper campus from 5-7:45.
Does not require you to purchase a book for the class (that is right—I will be saving you money by making all materials available to you on the Bluegrass Film Society website and you will not have to buy any of those overpriced textbooks)
Counts toward your required humanities credits.
Satisfies your BCTC cross cultural requirement.
Your professor is passionate about the subject and absolutely wants to hear what you know/think.
Is an introduction to cinema as a global phenomenon and how it is one of the most important forms for communicating different cultural perspectives (we will discuss the positive and negative aspects of films popularity and uses).
Students generally get excited about new films opening during the semester and we organize spontaneous (and optional) gatherings to see new films on opening night/week in the theater.
Here are the films the students in the course will be watching (in-class) on the big screen in the main auditorium:
Trainspotting (UK: Danny Boyle, 1996: 92 mins)
City of God (Brazil/France: Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002: 130 mins)
Cautiva (Argentina: Gaston Biraben, 2003: 115 mins)
Moolaadé (Senegal/France/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/Morocco/Tunisia: Ousmane Sembene, 2004: 124 mins)
The Method (Argentina/Spain/Italy: Marcelo Piñeyro, 2005: 115 mins)
Lady Vengeance (South Korea: Chan-wook Park, 2005: 112 mins)
Black Book (Netherlands/Germany/Belgium: Paul Verhoeven, 2006: 145 mins)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Mexico/Spain/USA: Guillermo Del Toro, 2006: 112 mins)
Shortbus (USA: John Cameron Mitchell, 2006: 101 mins)
Golden Door (Italy/France: Emanuele Crialese, 2006: 118 mins)
Children of Men (Japan/UK/USA: Alfonso Cuarón, 2006: 109 mins)
Offside (Iran: Jafar Panahi, 2006: 93 mins)
Triad Election (Hong Kong: Johnnie To, 2006: 92 mins)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (Romania: Christian Mungui, 2007: 113 mins)
The Band’s Visit (Israel/France/USA: Eran Kolirin, 2007: 87 mins)
Jouyeux Noel (France/Germany/UK/Belgium/Romania: Christian Carion, 2005: 116 mins)
If you are curious about these films visit http://www.imdb.com where you can read about them and/or watch trailers.
I have chosen these films to give students an introduction to contemporary international films (and the cultures that produce them) and to develop their interest in films beyond the Hollywood system.
Feel free to ask me questions in the comments and I hope you have a great semester!
Michael Benton
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