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Next week we will be taking a few days to consider how and why we know what we think we know by reading and discussing excerpts from Samuel Arbesman’s The Half-life of Facts. The selections will be available under the … Continue reading →

Due to its running time of just a bit over two hours, tomorrow’s screening of Fast Five will begin at 4:30.

For those who had a Thursday evening class conflict, please see the alternate assignment below. Lebowski_Prompt

The blog prompt is posted. Remember to complete the reading and post your response by Monday morning.

You will find links to the assignment sheet for the the final paper, as well as a sample paper, below. Note that this example suggests ways of discussing the film using genre, how to incorporate sources, and basic formatting. Your … Continue reading →

Remember that the reserve article for next week is “French New Wave” by T. Jefferson Kline and the film is The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959).  Blog prompt is posted on Blackboard.

For those of you who may have missed it in class or simply want to review, the documentary on America in the 1950s is embedded below.

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I’m not changing any content, but I am changing the order of the units in the second half of the semester. Be sure to download the new revised Course Schedule. FLM216_Schedule_Update_Fall_2012