Class Syllabus & Film List

 

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9/06 Class 1
Lumiere Program
 

Director
  • Lumiere Brothers
Year
  • 1894 +
Ballet Mechanique
 

Director
  • Leger
Year
  • 1924
Sherman's March
 

Director
  • McElwee
Year
  • 1987
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9/13 Class 2
Nanook of the North
 

Director
  • Flaherty
Year
  • 1922
Only the Hours
 

Director
  • Cavalcanti
Year
  • 1926
Berlin: Symphony of the City
 

Director
  • Ruttman
Year
  • 1927
 

Barnouw
  • 1-51;71-81
 

Nichols
  • 3-41; 76-103; 229-249
 

Eco
  • CH 1 & 2
 
Barsam
  • 212-249
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9/20 Class 3
Rain
 

Director
  • Ivens & Franken
Year
  • 1929
On the Subject of Nice
 

Director
  • Vigo
Year
  • 1929
The Man with a Movie Camera
 

Director
  • Vertov
Year
  • 1929
 

Barnouw
  • 51-71
 

Nichols
  • 44-73; 261-266
 

Eco
  • CH 3 & 4
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9/27 Class 4
Land Without Bread
 

Director
  • Bunuel
Year
  • 1932
 

Barnouw
  • 86-100
 

Nichols
  • 34-38
 

Eco
  • CH 5 & 6
 
Barsam
  • 19-69; 84-94
Housing Problems
 

Director
  • Anstey & Elton
Year
  • 1935
Night Mail
 

Director
  • Watt & Wright
Year
  • 1936
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10/4 Class 5
Triumph of the Will
 

Director
  • Riefenstahl
Year
  • 1934
 

Barnouw
  • 100-111
 

Nichols
  • 107-133
 
Barsam
  • 250-262
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10/11 Class 6
The Plow that Broke the Plain
The River
 

Director
  • Lorentz
Year
  • 1936
 

Barnouw
  • 111-139
 
Barsam
  • 95-135; 271-295
The City
 

Director
  • Steiner & Van Dyke
Year
  • 1939
 
Barsam
  • 317-322
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10/18 Class 7
The Battle of San Pietro
 

Director
  • Huston
Year
  • 1945
 

Barnouw
  • 139-172
 

Nichols
  • 165-198
 
Barsam
  • 136-172; 263-270
They Also Serve
 

Director
  • Greirson, R.
Year
  • 1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
 

Director
  • Deren
Year
  • 1943
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10/25 Class 8
Night and Fog
 

Director
  • Resnais
Year
  • 1955
 

Barnouw
  • 172-228
On the Bowery
 

Director
  • Rogosin
Year
  • 1956
NY, NY
 

Director
  • Thompson
Year
  • 1958
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11/01 Class 9
Harvest of Shame (CBS)
 

Director
  • Lowe
Year
  • 1960
 

Barnouw
  • 231-240
 

Nichols
  • 21-77;375-401
Primary
 

Director
  • Leacock, Pennybaker, Maysles & Drew
 

Year
  • 1960
Necrology
 

Director
  • Lawder
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11/08 Class 10
Bruce Connor Program (A Movie)
 

Director
  • Connor
Year
  • 1958-78
Dead Birds
 

Director
  • Gardner
Year
  • 1967
 

Nichols
  • 148-164
 
Barsam
  • 342-348
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11/15 Class 11
Salesman
 

Director
  • Maysles
Year
  • 1969
 

Nichols
  • 38-44; 134-164 (Nich_ols)
Law and Order
 

Director
  • Wiseman
Year
  • 1969
 

Barnouw
  • 240-262
 

Nichols
  • 180-209;269-307
 
Barsam
  • 296-316
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11/29 Class 12
Harlin County, USA
 

Director
  • Kopple
Year
  • 1977
 

Barnouw
  • 262-294
 

Nichols
  • 78-109; 255-268; 454-464; 554-570
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12/06 Class 13
Thin Blue Line
 

Director
  • Morris
Year
  • 1988
 

Barnouw
  • 297-349
 

Nichols
  • 227-242; 308-318; 165-179; 517-529
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