In this course, we will examine a variety of views and messages presented in films in which technology and computing play an important role. A tentative syllabus for the course is as follows...
| Meeting | Film | Year | Reading Assignment |
Writing Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Wed) |
Metropolis | 1927 | Godawa: Preface, Introduction | Critique #1 |
| 2 (Thu) |
Modern Times | 1936 | Godawa: Chapter 1 | |
| 3 (Fri) |
The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | Godawa: Chapter 2 | Critique #2 |
| 4 (Mon) |
Forbidden Planet | 1956 | Godawa: Chapter 3 | Critique #3 |
| 5 (Tue) |
2001: A Spacy Odyssey
2010 (Double Feature) |
1968 1984 |
Godawa: Chapter 4 | |
| 6 (Wed) |
Colossus: The Forbin Project | 1970 | Godawa: Chapter 5 | Critique #4 |
| 7 (Thu) |
The Prisoner | 1967 | Godawa: Chapter 6 | |
| 8 (Fri) |
Westworld | 1973 | Godawa: Chapter 7 | Critique #5 |
| 9 (Mon) |
Star Wars | 1977 | Godawa: Chapter 8 | Critique #6 |
| 10 (Tue) |
The Conversation Enemy of the State (Double Feature) |
1974 1998 |
Godawa: Conclusion | |
| 11 (Wed) |
Blade Runner | 1982 | Godawa: Appendix | Critique #7 |
| 12 (Thu) |
Tron Dekalog I (Mini Double Feature) |
1982 1987 |
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| 13 (Fri) |
You've Got Mail | 1998 | Critique #8 | |
| 14 (Mon) |
The Thirteenth Floor | 1999 | Critique #9 | |
| 15 (Tue) |
eXistenZ | 1999 | Final Essay |
Each Critique is due at the beginning of the next class period following that in which it was assigned. See the Critique Guidelines for more information.