Politics and Propaganda in Film: readings
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Gerald Easter, Boston College
Readings: Reading assignments will be drawn mainly from five books listed below. They are available in paperback editions, generally for less than $30. They should be made available in the VIU library for students. Several additional articles or book chapters may be included later. I will notify in advance of revisions to reading list, and I will bring copies of anything that the library can not acquire.
Edward Barnays, Propaganda, Ig Publishing, 2004,New ed., pbk
Peter Bondanella, Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present, Conitnuum International Publishing Group, 3rd Revised ed, 2001, pbk
Brian Neve, Film and Politics in America: A Social Tradition, Routledge, 1992, pbk
Richard Taylor, Film Propaganda: Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, I. B. Taurus, 2nd Rev. ed, 1998
Cynthia Weber, Imagining America at War: Morality, Politics, Film, Routledge Publishers, 2005, pbk
Films: There are 12 films scheduled to be shown, one for each week of the semester. These films should be acquired by the VIU library. Non-English language films should be in native language with English subtitles. The course will need to be located in a room equipped for showing films.
Battleship Potemkin (1925) dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Triumph of the Will (1935) dir. Lena Reifenstahl
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) dir. Frank Capra
Fort Apache (1948) dir. John Ford
High Noon (1952) dir. Fred Zinnerman
Fistful of Dollars (1964) dir. Sergio Leone
The Lives of Others (2006) dir. Von Donnersmarck
Dr. Strangelove (1964) dir. Stanley Kubrick
Apocalypse Now (1979) dir. Francis Ford Coppola
The Open City (1945) dir. Roberto Rossellini
Burnt by the Su (1994) dir. Nikita Mikhailkov
Minority Report (2002) dir. Steven Spielberg
Edward Barnays, Propaganda, Ig Publishing, 2004,New ed., pbk Peter Bondanella, Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present, Conitnuum International Publishing Group, 3rd Revised ed, 2001, pbk Brian Neve, Film and Politics in America: A Social Tradition, Routledge, 1992, pbk Richard Taylor, Film Propaganda: Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, I. B. Taurus, 2nd Rev. ed, 1998 Cynthia Weber, Imagining America at War: Morality, Politics, Film, Routledge Publishers, 2005, pbkFilms: There are 12 films scheduled to be shown, one for each week of the semester. These films should be acquired by the VIU library. Non-English language films should be in native language with English subtitles. The course will need to be located in a room equipped for showing films.
Battleship Potemkin (1925) dir. Sergei Eisenstein Triumph of the Will (1935) dir. Lena Reifenstahl Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) dir. Frank Capra Fort Apache (1948) dir. John Ford High Noon (1952) dir. Fred Zinnerman Fistful of Dollars (1964) dir. Sergio Leone The Lives of Others (2006) dir. Von Donnersmarck Dr. Strangelove (1964) dir. Stanley Kubrick Apocalypse Now (1979) dir. Francis Ford Coppola The Open City (1945) dir. Roberto Rossellini Burnt by the Su (1994) dir. Nikita Mikhailkov Minority Report (2002) dir. Steven Spielberg
