SUMMER SESSION 1 2010 FILM DEPARTMENT BROOKLYN COLLEGE
JOHN BEATTY SYLLABUS FILM 29 FILM GENRES

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Readings:

Required:

Books

Leitch, Thoomas, 2002 Crime Films Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK and NY
Thompson, Kirsten Moana, 2007 Crime Films: Investigating the Scene Wallflower London and NY

Articles (Can be found on the web site)

W.H. Auden: "The Guilty Vicarage"
The Knox Rules and the Van Dine Rules

Term Paper: 50%

Final Exam: 50%

The final exam is an essay exam. There will be a choice of essays.

Attendance

The department requires that students who miss more than two classes receive a mandatory grade of "F"

Web Site

There is a web site for the course which you can reach by going to: http://johnbeatty,name

From there click on "Film Courses" and then on "Mysteries". Or you can go directly to::

http://

TENTATIVE LIST OF FILMS

DATE

FILM

LECTURE

JUNE 1 Great Train Robbery(1902); Musketeers of Pig Alley (1902); Charlie Chan and the Jade Mask (1945) 1
JUNE 2 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 2
JUNE 3 And Then There Were None (1945) 3
JUNE 8 Scarface (1932) 4
JUNE 9 Double Indemnity (1944) 5
JUNE 10 Cruising (1980) 6
JUNE 15 Call Northside 777 (1948) 7
JUNE 16 Panic in the Streets (1950) 8
JUNE 17 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 9
JUNE 22 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) 10
JUNE 23 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) 11
JUNE 24 Sudden Fear (1961) 12
JUNE 29 Silence of the Lambs (1991) 13
JUNE 30 Primal Fear (1996) 14
JULY 1 FINAL EXAM DUE 15