WEEK 8: from
now on, the weekly assignments will be found on GoPost |
Hours: | Mondays and Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:20 (typically screenings; exact duration depends on length of film), AND | |
Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:50 (typically lecture) AND | ||
Thursdays 1:30 - 2:50 (typically lecture) AND | ||
Fridays - 1-hour sections offered at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, and 2:30 (TA sections) |
Classroom:
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Students are encouraged to let the instructors and TAs know in advance that they intend to meet during office hours. |
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Grade
weighting: CHANGES TO SCHEDULE OR ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED USING UW EMAIL. PLEASE CHECK YOUR UW EMAIL DAILY! |
Excused absences: Participation in
sports events and illness must be documented and explained to your TA
at the earliest possible date. We will inform you how to catch up in
ways to be determined according to the circumstances. Minor reasons
for absence will not excuse failure
to submit assignments (note that two quizzes and two responses may be
missed in any case). - No use of wi-fi devices
is allowed during lectures and quiz sections. |
Required text (available at the UW Bookstore) |
Films, on reserve at the Odegaard Media Center: |
Jackie Chan,
Drunken Master
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Class Schedule (SUBJECT
TO CHANGE)
WEEK 1 |
Wednesday, 9/28 | Introduction: what is genre?; what are martial arts? course outline-films and themes; assignments and course requirements |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
Thursday, 9/29 |
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Jackie
Chan, Drunken
Master (1978,
111 mins.) * |
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Read for today: P&W, An Approach to Film Analysis (1st edition: 7-27; 2nd edition: 10-30; 3rd edition: 9-36) |
WEEK 2 |
Monday, 10/3 | ![]() |
Wei Lo, The Chinese Connection (1972, 110 mins.) Canvass link for posting #2 |
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Tuesday, 10/4 |
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Gordon Chan, Fist
of Legend (1994, 103 mins.)
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Wednesday, 10/5 | Bruce Lee's career; realism and formalism in martial arts cinematography; nationalism in The Chinese Connection |
Read for today: P&W, Cinematography (1st edition: 103-133; 2nd edition: 134-163; 3rd edition: 129-71) |
Thursday, 10/6 | mise-en-scene and symbolism; from martial arts fiction to martial arts films; three different approaches to the same plot |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
WEEK 3 |
Monday, 10/10 |
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Akira Kurosawa, The Seven Samurai (1954, 206 mins.) I |
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Tuesday,10/11 | ![]() |
Akira Kurosawa, The Seven Samurai II |
Wednesday, 10/12 | Samurai: a historical
background; the martial ethics of Bushido; samurai films Read for today: P&W, Mise en Scene (1st edition: 60-85; 2nd edition: 89-119; 3rd edition: 91-128) |
Thursday, 10/13 | The film director as an auteur; Kurosawa’s appproach to samurai film; mise-en-scene |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
WEEK 4 |
Monday, 10/17 |
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*Liu Jialiang, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978, 111 mins.) Canvass link for posting #4
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Tuesday, 10/18 |
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Wednesday, 10/19 | A history of Shaolin temple; Basic concepts in
film genre; Shaolin films as a genre |
Read for today: P&W, Genre (1st edition: 346-365; 2nd edition: 373-395; 3rd edition: 381-406) |
Thursday, 10/20 | The Hong Kong studio system and Shaw Brothers; key themes: masculinity and revenge |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
WEEK 5 |
Monday, 10/24 |
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King Hu, Touch of Zen (1969, 200 mins.) I Canvass link for posting #5 |
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Tuesday, 10/25 | ![]() |
King Hu, Touch
of Zen II |
Wednesday, 10/26 | Pu Songling’s Stories of the Strange; kung fu and swordplay; King Hu |
Read for today: P&W, Writing about Film (1st edition: 270-280; 2nd edition: 33-43; 3rd edition: 37-47) |
Thursday, 10/27 | women warriors; movement in the frame and the moving frame; watching with our bodies |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
WEEK 6 |
Monday,
10/31 |
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Ching Siu-tung, Chinese Ghost Story (1987, 98 mins.) |
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Tuesday, 11/1 |
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Rickly Lau, Mr. Vampire (1985, 96 mins.) *
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Wednesday, 11/2 | Demonology and cosmology; earlier
adaptations; editing |
Read for today: P&W, Editing (1st edition: 162-194; 2nd edition: 191-224; 3rd edition: 191-226) |
Thursday, 11/3 | Special effects; Tsui Hark and the Hong Kong New Wave |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE | |
WEEK 7 |
Monday, 11/7 |
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Wong Kar Wai, Ashes of Time Redux (1994, re-edited 2008, 94 mins.) WebQ link for posting #7
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Tuesday, 11/8 |
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Jeffrey Lau, The Eagle-Shooting Heroes (1993, 100 mins.) * Questions for WebQ posting assignment 7
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Wednesday, 11/9 | reappropriated memories; Jin Yong; film outline; cinematic plots |
Read for today: P&W, Narrative Form (1st edition: 38-51; 2nd edition: 68-83; 3rd edition: 65-90) |
Thursday, 11/10 |
The reception of martial arts films among culturally-informed audiences; Jin Yong on TV and the silver screen; Wong Kar Wai and Hong Kong's culture of disappearance |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE | |
Friday, 11/11 |
NO SECTION MEETING (VETERANS DAY) |
WEEK 8 |
Monday, 11/14 |
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Takeshi Kitano, Zatoichi (2003, 116 mins.) |
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Tuesday, 11/15 | ![]() |
Kenji Misumi, Lone Wolf and Cub - Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972, 81 mins.) * |
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Wednesday, 11/16 | Sound; Samurai film after Kurosawa |
Read for today: |
Thursday, 11/17 | The Zatoichi subgenre; Takeshi Kitano; blindness and insight; the ethics of violence |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
WEEK 9 |
Monday, 11/21 | ![]() |
Zhang Yimou, Hero
(2001, 118 mins.) |
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Tuesday, 11/22 | Records of the Historian; Chinese state ideology; earlier cinematic versions; nationalistic interpretations of Hero |
Read for today: P&W, Film Authorship (1st edition: 366-375; 2nd edition: 397-407; 3rd edition: 407-428) |
Wednesday, 11/23 |
Zhang Yimou, structure and acting; the international careers of Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee |
Thursday, 11/24 | THANKSGIVING
- NO CLASS; NO QUIZ SECTION
ON FRIDAY |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE |
WEEK 10 |
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Brothers Wachowski, The
Matrix (1999,
136 mins.) I |
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Tuesday, 11/29 | ![]() |
Brothers Wachowski, The Matrix (1999, 136 mins.) II |
Wednesday, 11/30 | Have martial arts been bastardized?: tradition and innovation; martial arts in the digital age; martial arts in Hollywood; Quentin Tarantino |
Read for today: P&W, Cinema as Industry (1st edition: 383-396; 2nd edition: 416-430; 3rd edition: 429-441) |
Thursday, 12/1 |
Sci-fi and the critique of modernity; sci-fi and martial arts; animation; Hollywood as a global empire; Orientalism in Hollywood |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURES OUTLINE, CLICK HERE | |
WEEK 11 |
Monday, 12/5 | TBA |
Tuesday, 12/6 |
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Steven Chou, Kung Fu Hustle (2004, 95 mins.) |
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Wednesday, 12/7 | Comedy and parody and genre; masters of comedy: Jackie Chan and Steven Chow |
Thursday, 12/8 | Martial arts in a commercial world |
Read for today: P&W, Special Visual Effects and Digital Cinema and Cinematography (1st edition: 142-152; 2nd edition: 173-183; 3rd edition: 171-182) |
FOR THIS WEEK'S LECTURE OUTLINE, CLICK HERE | |
* | asterisked films will not be discussed in detail in class, but will be at the focus of quiz sections and the final project |