DATE

VIEWINGS/TOPICS

READINGS

9/1

9/3

9/8

9/10

early cinema

The Epic

conclusions

Cretinetti films

Kri Kri; Pik Nik; Fricot; Lea; Robinet films

short comedies (Diplomatic Success et al)

Socrates Takes Flight

9/15

9/17

9/22

9/24

Bertellini "Silent Cinema"

Bilton, "Shell-Shocked"

Blom "Comedy"

project plan due

La Presa di Roma & Inferno

Last Days of Pompeii (1908 & 1913)

Cabiria

Cabiria

12/1

12/3

12/14

I promessi sposi (The Betrothed) [Zoom]

conclusions [Zoom]

paper due

Muscio, "Historical Films"

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Gunning, "Cinema of Attractions"

Alovisio, "Itala Films"

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Adventure & the Strongman

10/27

10/29

11/3

11/5

11/10

11/12

11/17

11/19

11/24

11/26

Maciste

Maciste in Hell

The Extraordinary Adventures of S.F.

The Masked Amazon

The Phantom Athlete

Justitia

Reich, "Stardom"

Rushing, "Peplum Time"

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Horak, "Intro"

Mulvey, "Visual Pleasure"

Horak, "Cowboy Girls"

8/25

8/27

introduction; proto-cinema

travel and current event films

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Minici, "Pre-Cinematic," Bertozzi, "City"

Comedy

E' piccirella

Love Everlasting  

—no class: go vote!—

Assunta Spina

Rapsodia satanica

Sangue blu; The Charm of Violence

Mother & Death; Like a Sister; Savage Love

Nelly the Lion-Tamer; Fedora; Little Jailer Boy

—Thanksgiving—

—Thanksgiving—

10/6

10/8

10/13

10/15

10/20

10/22

Melodrama & The Diva

Ricci, "Napoli, Terra d'amore"

Dalle Vacche, Diva intro, Ch. 1 (1-38)

project due

Dalle Vacche, Diva Ch. 5 (131-70)

Dalle Vacche, Diva Ch. 8 (225-52)

Williams, "Film Bodies"

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Dalle Vacche, Diva Ch. 4 (105-28)

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Animation/Effects/Sound

Momi's Dream; Moon Marriage; King Lear; et. al.

Train Tracks (1929)

Gaudreault, “Trickality”

Gomery, "Diffusion of Sound"

9/29

10/1