English 3170
History of Film III: 1960-present
Winter 2009
/ Steven Shaviro
PAPER ASSIGNMENT #1
Write a paper of 3 to 4 pages long (printed out, double-spaced) giving
a reading of one of the films on the following list. Make sure you both
look at the film intrinsically, and place it in its historical context.
- Jean-Luc Godard, Band of Outsiders (1964)
- Francois Truffaut, Stolen Kisses (1968)
- Federico Fellini, La dolce vita (1960)
- Federico Fellini, 8 1/2 (1963)
- Michaelangelo Antonioni, L'eclisse (1962)
- Michaelangelo Antonioni, Blowup (1966)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Arabian Nights (1974)
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango in Paris (1972)
- Milos Forman, The Firemen's Ball (1967)
- Dusan Makavejev, WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
- Ingmar Bergman, The Silence (1963)
- Ingmar Bergman, The Passion of Anna (1969)
- Luis Bunuel, Belle de Jour (1967)
- Luis Bunuel, That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Stanley Kubrick, The Shining (1980)
- John Cassavetes, A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- John Cassavetes, Opening Night (1977)
- Martin Scorsese, Mean Streets (1973)
- Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull (1980)
- Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation (1974)
- Robert Altman, Nashville (1975)
- Alan Pakula, Klute (1971)
- Hal Ashby, Shampoo (1975)
- Brian De Palma, Carrie (1976)
- Steven Spielberg, Jaws (1975)
- R. W. Fassbinder, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
- R. W. Fassbinder, The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
- Werner Herzog, Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
- Wim Wenders, The American Friend (1977)