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Week 4 screenings: Asian cinemas
Week 4 screenings: Asian cinemas
Screen at least one of the following films this week What Time is it There? (2001, d. Tsai Ming-liang) - Taiwan - connection and loss, gesture and the ineffible...
Still Life (2006, d. Jia Zhangke) - China - the permanence of change, the cost of "progress"
Parasite (2019, d. Bong Joon-ho) - South Korea - name another foreign-language film that's won the Best Picture Oscar?!
Criterion has been streaming a full-on Jia Zhangke retrospective this year... Honestly, a little digging will reward you with a wealth of Asian cinema streaming regardless of your platform(s) of choice!
Readings in World Cinema:
Ch 7, "Asian Cinema"
Readings in A Short Guide to Writing about Film:
Ch 5, "Style and Structure in Writing"
Essay 4 (150 points)
Remember Corrigan's "Six Approaches" from his Chapter 4? Once more into the breach, my friends, once more!
Discounting the approach you used for Essay 3, pick one of the remaining five approaches to writing about film discussed by Corrigan, and apply it to one of the three films we're screening this week. Again, use outside sources as necessary--make sure to properly cite those sources!
This fourth essay (1000 words minimum) should be uploaded to Blackboard in MS Word or as a PDF by the end of Week 4 (6/20).
Discussion board (20 points)
Discussion board (20 points)
Asian film week in COMM 261--we've got screenings to discuss from Taiwan, China, and South Korea! We've got an extensive chapter on Asian cinemas in the World Cinema textbook, as well as a nuts & bolts reading in A Short Guide to Writing about Film. Much to discuss! Jump in!
Two posts for 20 points this week... One post per day for points--spread out the discussion across multiple days! This board closes at the end of Week 4 (6/20)...
