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The Popular Film L01
Calendar Fall 2003


Date Screenings Readings
September 9  Star Wars
 
“Why the Force Is with Us” by John Seabrook
Intro: Movie Wars
September 16 Pulp Fiction
 
“Myths of Violence in American Pop Culture” by John Cawelti
Chapter 1: Movie Wars
September 23 Scarface “American Popular Culture in the 30's” by Philip Melling
Chapter 2: Movie Wars
September 30 Indiana Jones “Mythological & Archetypal Approaches”
Chapter 3: Movie Wars
October 7 Small Soldiers Chapter 4: Movie Wars
October 14 open  “The New Hollywood” by Thomas Schatz
Chapter 5: Movie Wars
October 21 42nd Street 

“Some Warners Musicals” by Mark Roth
Chapter 6: Movie Wars

October 28  Chicago “Postmodernism & Consumer Society” by Frederick Jameson
Chapter 7: Movie Wars
November 4 My Big Fat Greek Wedding “Modern Classicism” by Kristen Thompson
Chapter 8: Movie Wars 
November 11 In town movie “How Americans Chose Their Heroes” by Dixon Wecter
Chapter 9: Movie Wars
November 18 a Disney film “The Way We Are Now” by Alan Wolfe
November 25 Touch of Evil   Chapter 10: Movie Wars
December 2 A Taste of Cherry Conclusion : Movie Wars