8/20

INTRO

8/22

For discussion: Midnight Cowboy; Kramer, “Post Classical Hollywood” & Nystrom, “The New Hollywood.”

8/27

Disc. cont’d: Midnight Cowboy

8/29

For discussion: Five Easy Pieces; Elsaesser, “The Pathos of Failure” & Nystrom, “Hard Hats and Movie Brats.”

9/3

Virtual class: OAKS discussion post #1

9/5

Virtual class: OAKS discussion post #2

9/10

For discusscion: Chinatown; Cawelti, “Chinatown and Generic Transformation.”

9/12

For discussion: McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Paul, “How the West Was Spun.”

9/17

Disc. cont’d: McCabe & Mrs. Miller

9/19

For discussion: Klute; Wood, “Klute” & Gustafson, “The Whore with the Heart of Gold.”

9/24

Disc. cont’d: Klute

9/26

For discussion: Car Wash; Guerrero, “The Rise and Fall of Blaxploitation” & Dunn, “Foxy Brown on My Mind”

10/1

Disc. cont’d: Car Wash

10/3

For discussion: Dog Day Afternoon; Macias, “Gay Rights and the Reception of Dog Day Afternoon”

10/8

Disc. cont’d: Dog Day Afternoon

10/10

For discussion: Jaws; Schatz, “The New Hollywood”

10/15

FALL BREAK: NO CLASS

10/17

Disc. cont’d: Jaws

10/22

For discussion: Taxi Driver; Carroll, “The Future of Allusion.”

10/24

Disc. cont’d: Taxi Driver

10/29

For discussion: Looking for Mr. Goodbar; Nystrom, “Extra Masculinity” & Mellen, “The Return of Women to Seventies Films.”

10/31

Disc. cont’d: Looking for Mr. Goodbar

11/5

For discussion: Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Sobchack, “Child/Alien/Father” & Buckland, “A Close Encounter with.”

11/7

Disc. cont’d: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

11/12

For Discussion: Star Wars

11/14

For discussion: The Last Detail; Beach, “Once I was a Soldier.”

11/19

Disc. cont’d: The Last Detail

11/21

For discussion: Apocalypse Now; King, “From Auteurs to Brats.”

11/26

Disc. cont’d: Apocalypse Now