SYLLABUS

        I.  Heritage Cinema in the Thatcher Decade

    Screening:          Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire (1981)

Jan 16                   Lester Friedman, "The Empire Strikes Out"
                            Thomas Elsaesser, "Images for Sale: The 'New' British Cinema"
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Jan 21                   Andrew Higson, "Representing the National Past"
                            Amy Sargeant, "Making and Selling Heritage Culture"

    Screening:         James Ivory, Room With a View (1985)

Jan 23                  Claire Monk, "The Heritage Film and Gendered Spectatorship"
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        II.  National Allegories: Thatcherism as Gangsterism

    Screening:         John Mackenzie, The Long Good Friday (1980)

Jan 30                  Moya Luckett, "Travel and Mobility"
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Feb 4                   TBA

    Screening:         Peter Greenaway, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1990)

Feb 6                    Peter Wollen, "The Last New Wave"
                            Michael Walsh, "Allegories of Thatcherism"
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       III.  Black British Cinema: New Ethnicities

Feb 11                  Stuart Hall, "New Ethnicities"
                            Judith Williamson, "Two Kinds of Otherness"

    Screening:         Steven Frears and Hanif Kureishi, My Beautiful Landrette (1985)

Feb 13                  Paul Giles, "History with Holes"
                            Manthia Diawara, "The Emergence of Black British Film Collectives"

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Feb 18               Project Statement, List of Research Questions, and Annotated
                          Bibliography DUE TODAY
 

    Screening:       Steven Frears and Hanif Kureishi, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1988)

Feb 20                Susan Torrey Barber, "Insurmountable Difficulties"

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Feb 25                Karen Alexander, "Black British Cinema in the 90s"
                          In-class screening: Gurinder Chadha, I'm British But (1990)

    Screening:       Gurinder Chadha, Bhaji on the Beach (1993

Feb 27                Sarita Malik, "Beyond the Cinema of Duty"

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    IV:  Working-Class Realism and the Documentary Tradition

Mar 4                 Leonard Quart, "The Religion of the Market"

    Screening:        Mike Leigh, High Hopes (1988)

Mar 6                 TBA
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                    SPRING BREAK
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Mar 18                Peter Todd, "The British Film Industry in the Nineties";
                          Geoff Brown, "British Film Culture in the 90s";
                          Toby Miller, "The Film Industry and the Government"

    Screening:        Gary Oldman, Nil By Mouth (1998)

Mar 20                Claire Monk, "Men in the 1990s"'
 
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    V.  National Identity and the Politics of Gender

Mar 25                 John Hill, "Allegorising the Nation"

    Screening:        Neil Jordan, The Crying Game (1992)

Mar 27                Michael Walsh, "Thinking the Unthinkable"
                           Brian McIlroy, "The Repression of Communities: Visual Representations
                              of Northern Ireland during the Thatcher Years"

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Apr 1              Complete Draft of Research Papers Due Today
                                Submit Two Copies: 1 for Jim, 1 for Alex

    Screening:        Sally Potter, Orlando   (1992)

Apr 3                  Charlotte Brundson, "Not Having it All"

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    VI.  New Twists on Heritage and National Image

April 8                 Moya Luckett, "Image and Nation in 1990s British Cinema"
                           Ian Christie, "As Others See Us: British Film-making and
                                Europe in the 90s"

    Screening:        Danny Boyle,  Trainspotting (1996)

April 10                Karen Lury, "Here and Then"
                            Claire Monk, "Underbelly U.K."
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April 15                Julia Hallam, "Film, Class, and National Identity"

    Screening:        Mike Leigh, Topsy Turvey (2000)

April 17               TBA

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April 22                TBA

    Screening:        NONE

April 24            Conclusion

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         RESEARCH PAPERS DUE BY APRIL 31