| "Die Stunde Null" and "Trümmerfilme": Making Movies after the Catastrophy |
| 1 | Staudte, Wolfgang. Murderers Among Us. 1946.
Reading:
Corrigan. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. Pp. 1-19.
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 59-85. |
| 2 | Discussion
Reading:
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 86-119. |
| Visual Histories: Four Perspectives |
| 3 | Schlöndorff, Volker. The Tin Drum. 1979.
Reading:
Corrigan. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. Pp. 41-66. |
| 4 | Discussion
Reading:
Corrigan. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. Pp. 67-92. |
| 5 | Fassbinder, Rainer W. The Marriage of Maria Braun. 1978.
Reading:
Kaes, Anton. From Hitler to Heimat. Pp. 3-35. |
| 6 | Discussion
Reading:
Kaes, Anton. From Hitler to Heimat. Pp. 73-104. |
| 7 | Wenders, Wim. Wings of Desire. 1987.
Reading:
Cook, Gemünden. The Cinema of Wim Wenders. Pp. 9-24. |
| 8 | Discussion
Reading:
Cook, Gemünden. Pp. 163-190.
First Paper Due |
| 9 | Trotta, Margarethe von. The Promise. 1993.
Reading:
Corrigan. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. Pp. 93-121. |
| 10 | Discussion
First Part of Jounal Due |
| America-Made in West Germany |
| 11 | Herzog, Werner. Stroszek. 1976.
Reading:
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 144-168. |
| 12 | Discussion
Reading:
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 168-178. |
| 13 | Wenders, Wim. Paris, Texas. 1984.
Reading:
Cook, Gemünden. The Cinema of Wim Wenders. Pp. 121-135. |
| 14 | Discussion
Reading:
Cook, Gemünden. The Cinema of Wim Wenders. Pp. 205-221. |
| 15 | Adlon, Percy. Bagdad Café. 1988
Second Paper Due |
| 16 | Discussion |
| East German Cinema |
| 17 | Wolf, Konrad. I was Nineteen. 1968.
Reading:
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 119-131. |
| 18 | Discussion
Reading:
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 132-144. |
| Post-unification German Cinema: From Germany to Hollywood and Back |
| 19 | Petersen, Wolfgang. The Boat. 1981. |
| 20 | Discussion
Reading:
Hake. German National Cinema. Pp. 179-192. |
| 21 | Tykwer, Tom. Run, Lola Run. 1999. |
| 22 | Discussion
Reading:
TBA |
| 23 | Becker, Wolfgang. Goodbye, Lenin. 2003.
Third Paper Due |
| 24 | Discussion
Reading:
TBA
Second Part of Journal Due |
| 25 | Last Class, Final Discussion |