| In preparation for: |
Assignment
Use
links to websites; links to the "restricted"
area go to the log-in page for registered students
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Film notes and discussion questions |
| Jan. 30 |
Introduction to viewing films critically:
Go to Filmsite,
aka The Greatest Films, and read
Tips
on Film Viewing Part 1 and Part
2. In addition, learn a bit about film genres,
especially horror,
drama,
war and action films,
and the sub-genre, romance movies.
(This site, written by Tim Dirkes, is supported
by advertising and so is not an academic source. It
is, however, widely cited and has a great deal
of helpful information and commentary. |
Arrowsmith (1931) |
| Feb. 13 |
Reading: John
Burnham, "American
Medicine's Golden Age -- What happened to it?" [restricted]
Be able to apply what you learn from Burnham's
article to the films we view throughout the semester.
How do our films support or challenge Burnham's
survey of medicine's public image and esteem?
|
Young
Dr. Kildare (1938) |
| Feb. 20 |
Reading - choose one:
Stephen Vaughn, "Ronald Reagan
and the Struggle for Black Dignity in Cinema, 1937-1953," Journal
of Negro History 77 (1992), 1-16. [stable
URL link to this article in JSTOR]
Marchall Hyatt and Cheryl Sanders, "Film as
a Medium to Study the Twentieth Century Afro-American
Experience," Journal
of Negro Education 53
(1984), 161-172. [stable URL link to this article in
JSTOR] |
No
Way Out (1950) |
| Feb. 27 |
Read: James D. Hart,
"Platitudes
of Piety: Religion and the Popular Modern
Novel,"
American
Quarterly, Vol.
6, No. 4. (Winter, 1954), pp. 311-322. [stable
URL link to this article in JSTOR]
|
Magnificent
Obsession (1954) |
| Mar. 6 |
Read: Brosely
Crowther, review in
the New York Times. [restricted]
|
The
Interns (1962) |
| Mar. 20 |
Look at this
website devoted to M.A.S.H. and read the
"Behind the Scenes" accounts provided. Also read
some of the reviews included on this website.
Use these to prepare yourself to see the film
from the perspective of the on-going war in Vietnam.
|
M.A.S.H. (1970) |
| Mar. 27 |
Read: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, "Instutitional
Impediments: Medical Bureaucracies in the Movies." [restricted] |
The
Hospital (1971) |
| Apr. 3 |
Read: "Epilogue" from
Jack Pressman, Last Resort:
Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine (New
York,1998) , 401-442. [restricted] |
One
Flew Over... (1975) |
| Apr. 10 |
No assignment other that reading the
Film Notes and linked reviews/commentary. |
Gross
Anatomy (1989) |
| Apr. 17 |
Read: Fisher,
Lucy, "Big Boys
Do Cry: Empathy in The Doctor." (2004)
[restricted] |
The
Doctor (1991) |
| Apr. 24 |
Review the defining features of
the "action" movie.
Read: E.
Abele, "Assuming
a True Identity: Re-/De-Constructing Hollywood
Heroes," Journal
of American & Comparative Cultures, Vol. 25 Issue 3/4 (2002). Consider how academics
write about popular film.... |
The
Patriot (1998) |