Aug 27 ) Thomas Edison and the Trust
Sklar, ch. 1-4
Belton, ch. 1, 6
Decherney, ch 1
Sept 1) The Birth of the Studio System
Sklar, ch. 5, 6, 9
Belton, ch. 4
Sept 3) The Coming of Sound
Sklar, chs. 11
Belton, ch. 2-3
Sept 8) review: Meet John Doe (1941) or Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
[Due Tuesday instead of Monday because of Labor Day.]
Sept 8) The Depression and the New Deal
Sklar, ch. 12
Sept 10) The Star System
Sklar, chs. 7
Belton, ch. 5
Sept 14) review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962) or Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
Sept 15) No Class – Rosh Hashanah
Sept 17) The Genre System
Belton, chs. 7, 11
Decherney, ch 2
Sept 21) review: Casablanca (1942) or Blonde Venus (1932)
Sept 22) The Production Code
Sklar, 8, 10
Belton, chs. 8
Sept 24) no class – Pope’s visit
Sept 28) no review due
Sept 29) Hollywood at War
Sklar, ch. 13-15
Belton, ch. 9
Oct 1) no class
Oct 6) clip day
Oct 8) fall break
Oct 12) no review due
Oct 13) IN-CLASS MIDTERM
Oct 15) The Blacklist
Belton, ch. 13
HUAC Testimony of Walt Disney, Ayn Rand, and Ronald Reagan
Oct 19) review: Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Mission to Moscow (1943)
Oct 20) Cold War Genres: Film Noir and Science Fiction
Belton, ch. 10.
Oct 22) Hollywood and Television
Sklar, ch. 16
Belton, ch. 12
Oct 26) review: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) or Pickup on South Street (1953) or Dr. Strangelove (1964) or Easy Rider (1969)
Oct 27) The New Hollywood 1: Auteurs and the Counterculture
Sklar, ch. 17-19
Belton, chs. 15-16
Decherney, ch 3
Oct 29) The New Hollywood 2: Big Media and Blockbusters
Thomas Schatz, “The New Hollywood”
Oct 2) review: Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) or The Exorcist (1973)
Oct 3) clip day
bibliography project ideas due by email
Oct 5) Home Video
Decherney, ch. 4
Sklar, ch. 20-21
Nov 9) review: Sum of All Fears (2002) or 25th Hour (2002) or Spider-Man (2002)
Nov 10) Indiewood
Sklar, ch 22
Nov 12) Hollywood and Politics After 9-11
Castonguay on TV and the ‘War on Terror’
Nov 16) review: Toy Story (1995) or Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Nov 17) Library Day (change: meet in our regular room)
Nov 19) The Digital Experience
Belton, ch 17
Stephen Prince, from Digital Visual Effects in Cinema
Nov 23) no review due
Nov 24) clip day
Nov 26) Thanksgiving break
Nov 30) review: lonelygirl15 (ep 1-3) or Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008)
Dec 1) The MPAA and the War on Piracy
Decherney, ch. 5
Dec 3) YouTube, Netflix, and the Online Video Revolution
bibliographies due: hard copies in class AND by email
Dec 7) no review due
Dec 8) Exam Review
Dec 11, 12-2pm) FINAL EXAM (FBH 401)
Peter Decherney 