121 Movie Extr Credit

Pick a film from the list and write an analytical response focused around how the film relates to writing. All of the films are available locally. Most are available at local video rental places or at public libraries. If you are a member of on-line rental services, they should be easy to find that way too.

The Front: Martin Ritt, 1976
The Shining: Stanley Kubrick 1980
The Color Purple: Steven Spielberg, 1985
Barfly: Barbet Schroeder, 1987
Dead Poets Society: Peter Weir, 1989
Henry and June: Philip Kaufman, 1990
Barton Fink: The Cohen Brothers, 1991
Naked Lunch: David Cronenberg, 1991
The Basketball Diaries: Scott Kalvert 1995
Il Postino / The Postman: Michael Radford, 1994
Deconstructing Harry: Woody Allen, 1997
Finding Forester: Gus Van Sant, 2000
Quills: Philip Kaufman, 2000
Wonder Boys: Curtis Hanson, 2000
Adaptation: Spike Jonze, 2002
Swimming Pool: François Ozon, 2003
Shattered Glass: Billy Ray, 2003
American Splendor: Shari Springer Burman & Robert Pulcini, 2003
The Libertine: Laurence Dunmore, 2004
The Secret Window: David Koepp, 2004
Stranger than Fiction: Mark Forster 2006
Freedom Writers: Richard LaGravenese 2007
The Rum Diary: Bruce Robinson 2011

Lit 160: Film Extra Credit

Extra Credit: Pick a film from this list and write a page and a half analysis. Discuss how it relates to some of the issues we’ve been talking about in class. Don’t choose to write about a film you’ve seen repeatedly. This is due before Thanksgiving.

Watermelon Man: Melvin van Peoples 1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem: Ossie Davis 1970
Sweet Sweetback’s Badd Asss Song: Melvin van Peoples 1971
Shaft: Gordon Parks 1971
Superfly: Gordon Parks Jr. 1972
She’s Gotta Have It: Spike Lee 1986
School Days: Spike Lee 1988
Hollywood Shuffle: Robert Townsend 1987
Do the Right Thing: Spike Lee 1989
Boyz in the Hood: John Singleton 1991
Daughters of the Dust: Julie Dash 1991
Higher Learning: John Singleton 1995
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored: Tim Reid 1995
Rosewood: John Singleton, 1997
Compensation: Zeinabu Irene Davis 2000
Love and Basketball : Gina Prince-Bythewood 2000
D.E.B.S: Angela Robinson 2004
LadyLike: Safiya Songhai 2006
For Colored Girls: Tyler Perry 2010