新黑色電影(文類課:其他)

Neo-Noir Films(Genre:Other)

學期

113-1

學分

3 學分

當期課號

534104

永久課號

HSGF30037

開課單位

外國語文學系外國文學與語言學碩士班

授課教師

林建國

類別

必修

上課時間表

節	週四
5 13:20–14:10	新黑色電影(文類課:其他) F326 3 節連堂
6 14:20–15:10
7 15:30–16:20

* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列

概述

The class makes a brief introduction to the film noirs made during the 1940s, before it zeroes in on those that came along in the 1970s and after known as neo-noir films. This film type, grafted on the thriller film to become its bitterer and more cynical offshoot, at times misogynic, offers a rare opportunity to inquire how social-political forces and an art form can so intensely interact with each other. The social change in the U.S. will be taken as the case in point. Among the festering issues that plague America today include the Watergate (Chinatown), the Vietnam War (Taxi Driver), 9/11 (The Dark Knight), Hollywood's broken dreams (Mulholland Drive), and the global financial crisis (Gone Girl), as well as greed (Fargo), class (Match Point), marriage (Eyes Wide Shut), deception (Body Heat), ambition (Heat), and the threat from AI (Blade Runner). Students will be required to watch and discuss a film in class weekly. For the final project (5 pages in length), each student shall choose to write in English either a screenplay or a term paper. He or she shall decide which track to follow by the midterm that takes the form of a one-on-one interview with the instructor. Other requirements include (1) film logs, (2) online responses, and (3) a presentation on filmmakers. All lectures, assignments, and class discussion will be conducted in English.

先修科目

Instructor: Kien Ket Lim

評分方式

Class participation 15 points Film logs (on the first 7 films) 20 points Online responses (on the readings of next 7 films) 20 points Presentation on Filmmakers 5 points Midterm interview (coursework, prospectus, & expression) 10 points Final project 30 points Project presentation (5 points), plus Either Screenplay or Term paper (25 points) Student with paper planning waiver Paper planning 5 points Screenplay or Term paper 20 points Other students Paper planning 10 points Screenplay or Term paper 15 points Total 100 points

週次計畫

週次	主題
第 1 週	Introduction No READING and film log for today's class session. In-class SCREENINGS: Hostage (John Woo, BMW Films, 2003) Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) (Excerpt) Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (Gary Leva, Warner Brothers, 2006).
第 2 週	Billy Wilder Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, Paramount, 1944) Film Log 1 READINGS: Claire Johnston, "Double Indemnity," in E. Ann Kaplan, Women in Film Noir 100-11. Spencer Selby, "Double Indemnity (1944)," Dark City 12-16. PAPER PLANNING preparation work begins.
第 3 週	Jacques Tourneur Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, RKO, 1947) Film Log 2 READINGS: Spencer Selby, "Out of the Past (1947)," Dark City 65-70. James Naremore, More than Night, 175-86. R. Barton Palmer, "'Lounge Time' Reconsidered: Spatial Discontinuity and Temporal Contingency in Out of the Past (1947)," in Silver and Ursini, Film Noir Reader 4 52-65. PAPER PLANNING 1: Preparing the "Works Cited" list for books, book chapters, and essays from a print journal. [Hard copy submission]
第 4 週	Roman Polanski Chinatown (Roman Polanski, Paramount, 1974) Film Log 3 Recommended: L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, Warner Brothers, 1997) DVD000077 READINGS: David N. Meyer, A Girl and a Gun —Introduction ["Modern Noir"] 21-23; ["Noir 101—The Canon"] 23-27. —"Chinatown," 72-75. Virginia Wright Wexman, "The Generic Synthesis: Chinatown," 91-106. PAPER PLANNING 2: Preparing the "Works Cited" list for the cross-reference. [Hard copy submission]
第 5 週	Martin Scorsese Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, Columbia/Sony, 1976) Film Log 4 READINGS: Gilles Deleuze, [On film noir]. Cinema 1: The Movement-Image 144-45. David N. Meyer, "Taxi Driver," in A Girl and a Gun 242-44. Christopher Sharrett, "The American Apocalypse: Scorsese's Taxi Driver." 221-35. Paul Schrader, "Notes on Film Noir," in Silver and Ursini, Film Noir Reader 53-63. PAPER PLANNING 3: Preparing the "Works Cited" list for online journals and websites. [Hard copy submission]
第 6 週	National Day No Class RECOMMENDED FILM: A Sun 陽光普照 (Chung Mong-hong 鍾孟宏, Applause Entertainment, 2019)
第 7 週	Lawrence Kasdan Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, Warner Bros., 1981) Film Log 5 READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 4: From a print journal, photocopying an essay or article related to this class and preparing its "Works Cited" entry. [Hard copy submission] PAPER PLANNING 5: Preparing the "Works Cited" list for recordings, YouTube items, films, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs.
第 8 週	Ridley Scott Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, Ladd, 1982/1992) Film Log 6 RECOMMENDED: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 6: Submitting a "Works Cited" list of 5 other works, reference materials, films, and/or websites related to our course. Midterm Interview
第 9 週	Michael Mann Heat (Michael Mann, Warner Bros., 1995) Film Log 7 RECOMMENDED: Infernal Affairs 無間道 (Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, Media Asia Films, and Basic Pictures, 2002) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 7: Quoting words from a cited material (in less than 4 lines and more).
第 10 週	The Coen Brothers Fargo (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Working Title Films, 1996) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 8: Paraphrasing words from a cited material.
第 11 週	Stanley Kubrick Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, Warner Bros., 1999) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 9: Writing a thesis statement and an outline for an essay in one A4-page.
第 12 週	David Lynch Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, Universal Pictures, 2001) RECOMMENDED: Sunset Boulevard (1950) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 10: Typing the first two pages and the "Works Cited" list for an essay according to the MLA format.
第 13 週	Woody Allen Match Point (Woody Allen, DreamWorks, 2006) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 11: Submitting your "Works Cited" list comprising the items you expect to use in your paper.
第 14 週	Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros., 2008) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 12: Handing in your paper outline, which should include the paper title and thesis statement, in one or two A4-pages. PAPER PLANNING 13: Discussing your paper outline with the instructor.
第 15 週	David Fincher Gone Girl (David Fincher, 20th Century Fox, 2014) READINGS: TBA PAPER PLANNING 13: Discussing your paper outline with the instructor.
第 16 週	The Grand Finale Outstanding issues and term project presentations. PAPER PLANNING 14: Submitting your revised paper outline.
第 17 週	Term project (paper or screenplay) due.

教科書

The Course Reader

Office Hours

地點: HC 414
時間: Tuesday, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
聯絡方式: limk@nycu.edu.tw