COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY-Over60Learning- "CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE SHORT FILM"

Columbus State University
http://over60learning.com/
Summer 2004
“Critical Appreciation of the Short Film"
Instructor: Clayton Lowe, Ph.D.

Location:
Wesley Glen Retirement Home
Ravine Room
5155 N. High Street

Reference text:
David Thomson, "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film,"
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2002

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 (10am - Noon)

(I.) LANDMARKS OF EARLY FILM (DVD)
Realist: Lumiére Films 1895-1897
Cut 10: Exiting the Factory
Cut 11: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
Cut 12: Baby’s Lunch
Cut 14: The Sprinkler Sprinkle

Formative: Georges Melies (1902-14 min.)
Cut 25: “A Trip to the Moon”

Drama: Edwin S. Porter (1903-12 min.)
Cut 32: “The Great Train Robbery”

(II.) THE LOST FILMS OF LAUREL AND HARDY VOL. 1 (DVD)
Cut 1: “Big Business” (1929-21 min.)

(III.) THE FILMS OF HUMPHREY JENNINGS (DVD)
Cut 1: “London Can Take It” (1940-9 min.)
Cut 3: “Listen to Britain” (1942-18 min.)


Wednesday, July 21, 2004 (10 am - Noon)

(IV.) LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTON (DVD)
Disc One
Cut 11: “Rabbit of Seville” (Chuck Jones, 1950-7 min.)
Disc Two
Cut 1: “Duck Amuck” (Chuck Jones, 1953-7 min.)

(V.) TWO SHORT FILMS BY FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT (DVD)
Cut 1: “Les Mistons” (François Truffaut, 1957-23 min.)

(VI.) THE TWILGHT ZONE VOL. 2 (DVD)
Cut 3: “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (1963-30 min.)

(VII.) SHORT DREAMS (DVD)
Cut 1: “La Jetée” (Chris Marker, 1962-28 min.)

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 (10 am - Noon)

(VIII.) JOHN CLEESE: ROMANCE WITH A DOUBLE BASS (DVD)
Cut 1: “Romance with a Double Bass” (Robert Young, 1974-40 min.)
Based on Anton Chekov short story

(IX.) NEW YORK STORIES (DVD)
Cut 1: “Life Stories” (Martin Scorsese, 1989)

(X.) “THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD” (DVD)
Selected Cuts (François Girard, 1993-98 min. total running time)

(XI.) “CATCH THAT KID” (DVD)
Side One
Cut 3: “Gone Nutty”
Academy Award Nomination 2004: Best Short Film, Animation
(Director: Carlos Saldanha; Co-producer: John Donkin; 2002-5 min.)