Contents for English/FST 350 A, Fall 1999
ENG/FST 350A will stress, so to speak, "An American Filmmaker in London":
the SF of Stanley Kubrick (Doctor Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange)
and the SF and maybe related materials of Terry Gilliam
(definitely Brazil and 12 Monkeys
[along with "La Jettee"], and we'll at least examine the script for
The Fisher King). I also want to look at the work of Cameron and Hurd
(Aliens, Terminator, Terminator 2). We will see THX-1138, but
beyond that I'll give the class their choice for class study and group reports
among Lucas's and Spielberg's SF, Cronenberg (The Fly, perhaps), and
Ridley Scott (maybe Blade Runner [along with Lang's Metropolis],
or Alien [with Nosferatu]). We will get into issues of
Modernism/Postmodernism, visions of oppression, Kubrick on aggression and
Gilliam on Romance-which will get us into some feminist issues.
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