During the fourteen
weeks we will view / discuss one film a week. (Pending availability) these films are :
Show People, King Vidor, 1928 (silent)
A Star is Born, William Wellman, 1937
Sullivan Travels, Preston Sturges, 1941
Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder,1950
Singing in the Rain, Stanley Donen / Gene Kelly. 1952
Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers), Guru Dutt (India), 1959
Peeping Tom, Michael Powell (Great Britain), 1960
8 ½, Federico Fellini (Italy), 1963
Day for Night, François Truffaut (France), 1973
The Front, Martin Ritt. 1976
The Player, Robert Altman, 1992
The Watermelon Woman, Cheryl Dunye, 1996
Baadasssss!, Mario Van Peebles, 2006
Hugo, Martin Scorsese. 2011
Possible alternatives if any of the above films are not available at the time of the SDG: Adaptation, Spike Jonze, 2002 or White Hunter, Black Heart, Clint Eastwood, 1990 or Millennium Actress, Satoshi Kon, 2001
There is no text. All
films will be available to view on a streaming service such as Amazon or
Netflix. The discussion leader for each
film (with the assistance of the SDG leader) will be responsible for
recommending a limited amount of relevant materials concerning the assigned film.