FLIM APPRECIATION
Fall 2008
The Affair in American and European Film (KTD)
Unspoken Dimensions: The Impact of Music in Film EC (KTD)
Film Appreciation: Life is a Banquet EC (KTD)
Film Appreciation: The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker EC (KTD)
Ethical Issues in Movies EC (Villa Marin)
The Affair in American and European Film
Fifty percent of married individuals anonymously admit to having had one or more illicit affairs.
But about which we prefer to remain silent in polite company, movies speak. In this course, we will compare and
contrast what American and European movies say about this taboo subject. Are we more moralistic and puritanical
about our indiscretions, while they are more cavalier and tolerant? Does our constitutionally endowed right to
pursue happiness require us to expect a happy ending, or at least a redemption, while their c'est la vie attitude
allows for more authentic possibilities? View the instructor's picks of both American and European films, one each
class, and then join in the post film discussion.
Karl Kracklauer, Ph.D., has taught psychology classes on personality,
psychotherapy and stages of life using feature film, and written several screenplays.
- 6 Fridays, 7:10-10pm
- Sept. 12-Oct. 17
- Kentfield Campus, Science Center 101
- Fee $97 (Includes $1 materials fee)
- Course #85060
Unspoken Dimensions: The Impact of Music in Film
How does music create the almost religious sense of awe and wonder as the immense mother-ship
lands in Close Encounters of the Third Kind? or the joyous thrill and celebration of Helen Keller's extraordinary
breakthrough at the water pump in The Miracle Worker, or the horror of the shower scene in Psycho? Come and enjoy
watching movie excerpts, focusing on how the music conveys the unspoken dimensions of the story and deepens our
experience of the film. You do not need any special music training to enjoy this class.
Marcia Bauman, Ph.D. (Eastman), is an award-winning composer who
has taught composition at Stanford and has composed for film, dance and radio serial drama.
- 6 Mondays, 7:10-9pm
- Oct. 20-Dec. 1 (No class Nov. 10)
- Kentfield Campus, Fine Arts 72
- Fee $79 (Includes $1 specials fee)
- Course #85061
Film Appreciation: Life is a Banquet
Autumn is harvest time -- time to eat and enjoy the fruits of the earth. Food is so much more
than mere sustenance. It is the glue that holds family and friends together. It is an expression of creativity,
love and camaraderie. It is one of life's most basic pleasures. Fall I films will look at food in all its practical
and metaphoric glory and will include, but not be limited to: Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (Taiwan 1994), Babette's Feast
(Denmark/France 1987), Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico 1993).
- Suresa Dundes
- 7 Thursdays, 2:10-5pm
- Sept. 4-Oct. 16
- Kentfield Campus, Olney Hall 96
- Fee $89 (Includes $1 special fee)
- Course #85062 EC
Film Appreciation: The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker
Everybody has to work for a living. Often our jobs define us: "I'm a lawyer." "I'm
a librarian." "I'm a mother." Our work takes up huge amounts of our attention and our waking hours
and how much we like or dislike our jobs has a profound impact on our lives and the lives of our loved ones. Fall
2 films will look at the nature, joys and frustrations of earning our keep and will include, but not be limited
to: State and Main (USA, 2000), Belle de Jour (France 1967), Ulee's Gold (USA 1997).
- Suresa Dundes
- 6 Thursdays, 2:10-5pm
- Oct. 23-Dec. 4 (No class Nov. 27)
- Kentfield Campus, Olney Hall 96
- Fee $79 (Includes $1 special fee)
- Course #85063 EC
Ethical Issues in Movies
In this case study approach to ethics, relatively current movies are viewed and then discussed
in depth with primary attention to the cultural and ethical issues raised by the films.
- Carl Jech, Th.M. (Harvard University)
- 7 Wednesdays, 2:40-4:30pm
- Sept. 3-Oct. 15
- Villa Marin
- 100 Thorndale Ave., Terra Linda
- Fee $64
- Course #85064 EC
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