ENG 282: 1920s

1920

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany: Robert Wiene. 1920: 67 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Expressionism in Cinema: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 60-66. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1921

The Phantom Carriage (Sweden: Victor Sjöström, 1921: 93 mins)

O'Donaghue, Darragh. "The Phantom Carriage." Senses of Cinema #56 (2010)

1922

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Denmark/Sweden: Benjamin Christensen, 1922: 87 mins)

Anderson, Gillian. "Häxan: About the Music." Current (October 15, 2001)

Fujiwara, Chris. "Häxan." Current (October 15, 2001)

Wilkins, Budd. "Birthing Bad: Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist Through the Lens of “Nordic Horror." Acidemic #7 (2012)

Nanook of the North (USA/France: Robert J. Flaherty, 1922: 79 mins)

Duncan, Dean W. "Nanook of the North Current (January 11, 1999)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Roots of the Documentary Film: Nanook of the North." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 203-209. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1923

1924

1925

Battleship Potemkin (Soviet Union: Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925: 66 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Editing--Russian Montage: Battleship Potemkin." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 26-32. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1926

The General (USA: Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton, 1926: 107 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Period Comedy: The General." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 158-163. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1927

Metropolis (Germany: Fritz Lang, 1927: 153 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Architecture in Production Design: Metropolis." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 196-202. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1928

The Crowd (USA: King Vidor, 1928: 98 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Shot Structure: The Crowd." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 92-97. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

The Passion of Joan of Arc (France: Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928: 110 mins)

Danish Film Institute. "The Passion of Joan of Arc." Carl Th Dreyer: The Man and His Work (2011)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "The Close Up: The Passion of Joan of Arc." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 222-228. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1929

Man with a Movie Camera (Soviet Union: Dziga Vertov, 1929: 68 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Self-Referential Cinema: The Man with a Movie Camera." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 190 -195. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

Pandora's Box (Germany: Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929: 133 mins)

Hoberman, J. "Opening Pandora's Box." Current (November 27, 2006)

Un Chien Andalou (France: Luis Buñuel, 1929: 16 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Surrealism in Cinema: Un Chien Andalou." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 77-83. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]