BROOKLYN COLLEGE |
FILM DEPARTMENT |
JOHN BEATTY |
INTERSESSION 2009 |
SEX IN FILMS |
FILM 29 |
SYLLABUS
One paper and a final (50% each)
Plagiarism
Although the assignmnt are to be done without any reference to outside sources, any material which comes from an outside MUST be cited. Failure to do so is plagiarism and will result in a failing grade for the paper and possible the course. See the college Bulletin for rules about plagiarism.
E-mails
If you contact me by e-mail put your full name and course number on the e-mail. Do NOT e-mail me asking me questions that are answered in the syllabus or the schedule of classes (e.g. "When is the final?")
Attendance and Lateness
Departmental policy allows you two absences a term. Since classes meet only twelve times, each absence means you have missed more than a week of classes. Students who miss more than two classes for whatever reason will fail the course. Students are considered absent if they come more than 15 minutes late.
Cell Phones
If you have one, turn the damn thing off! If the phone goes off during class it is an automatic “F” in the course, plus expulsion from the college and a slow painful death. Your cell phone will also be destroyed. No joke.
WEB SITE There is a web site for the course which you can find in one of two ways: (a) by going to http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jbeatty/COURSES/sex_in_film/opener.html
(b) go to johnbeatty.name, then click on "film courses". There will appear a kind of psychdelict "tic-tac-toe". In the yellow box in the top center under "Winter Intersession 2009", click on "Film 29: Sex in Cinema" and go from there.
TENTATIVE FILM LIST
1. I'm No Angel and Glen or Glenda
2. Anatomy of a Murder
3. Baby Doll
4. Crash
5. M
6. Last Tango in Paris
7. The Night Porter
8. Cruising
9. Boogie Nights
10.Midnight Cowboy
11. Suddenly Last Summer
12. Eyes Wide Shut
SOME OTHER FILMS THAT WERE CONSIDERED