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SINT 34601 Survey of Science Fiction
Film clips shown in class Spring 2005
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Supplemental Reading by Themes/Genres | SF
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Mon. Feb. 7:
Mon. Feb.
14:
Brief film clips (in-class approximately 40 mins altogether):
Creation scene (c. 5 min.) from The
Golem: How He Came Into the World (Der Golem: Wie er im die Welt
kam) Germany 1920 B&W silent 86 min. Directed Paul Wegener and Carl
Boese on DVD: The Golem; The
Restored Authorized Edition of Paul Wegener’s Cabalist Thriller,
Plus brief excerpts from various versions of and about Frankenstein
including: The True Story of Frankenstein (A&E),
Hosted by Roger Moore, 1994; 1931 Frankenstein
(James Whale with Boris Karloff as Creature); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
(1948); Young Frankenstein
1974 (Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder as Frankenstein); Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein 1994 123 mins. (Kenneth Branagh, with Robert De Niro as
the creature) Frankenstein: A
Classic Tale of Undying Love. (Hallmark Hall of Fame, 2003 204
mins. with Luke Goss, Alec Newman, William Hurt).
Mon. Feb.
21:
Brief film clips (approximately 30 mins. altogether):
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (based on Jules Verne, 20,000
Leagues Under the Sea) (1872; trans. 1873); Five Weeks in a
Balloon
(1962) (based on Jules Verne, Five Weeks in a Balloon,
or Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen)
(1869);
Invisible Man (1933) (based on H. G. Wells, The Invisible
Man:
A Grotesque Romance) (1897); Things to Come (based on H. G.
Wells,
The Shape of Things to Come, 1933) (1936); The Time Machine
(1960) (based on H. G. Wells, The Time Machine) (1895); War
of
the Worlds (Audiotape of the Mercury Theatre Orson Welles radio
broadcast)
(30 Oct. 1938) (based on H. G. Wells War of the Worlds) (1898);
First Men in the Moon (1964) (based on H. G. Wells, First
Men
in
the Moon) (1901); Island of Lost Souls (based on H. G.
Wells'
The Island of Dr. Moreau).
Selection from: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (A
Deadly Invention. (1961) Czech film (original title Vynalez
Zkazy 1958) based on Jules Verne's Face Au Drapeau (For
the Flag
, 1896); Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers (20000 Leagues
Under
the Sea, 1870); L'ile mystérieuse (The Mysterious
Island
, 1874-5), and Robur le Conquérant (The Clipper of the
Clouds, 1886).
Mon. Feb. 28:
Brief film clips in-class: from Metropolis
(1926). German film directed by Fritz Lang based on screenplay by Thea
Von Harbrou. fromThe Lost World (1925)( based on Sir
Arthur ConanDoyle's The Lost World (1911)
Mon. Mar. 7:
Brief film clips: The Lost City (1935)
Chapter 2: The Tunnel of Flame; Flash Gorgon Conquers the Universe
: Chapter 1: The Purple Death (1940); Film clip: Timescape (1992) 99 min. based on C. L.
Moore's "Vintage Season" (1946) Season"
Mon. Mar. 14:
Film (in-class):The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
based on Harry Bates' "Farewell to the Master" (1940).
Mon. Mar. 21: Spring Break
Mon. Mar. 28:
Film clips in class: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet: The
Mercurian
Invasion (1950) based on Robert Heinlein's Space
Cadet; from Bicentennial Man (based on Asimov's Robot
stories); from Fahrenheit 451 based
on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
Mon. Apr. 4:
Film clip (in-class) Lost in Space:
"Blast off
into Space" episode 9/14/66. Film clip: The Lathe of
Heaven (1980) based on
Ursula K. LeGuin's Lathe of Heaven (1971).
Mon.
Apr. 11:
Film extract: Arthur C. Clarke Special; clip from 2001
(1971) (based on Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel" (1953) and
other
writings
Mon. Apr. 18:
In-class Clips: Star Trek Collage (45 Minutes)
clip from Soylent Green (1973) based on Harry Harrison's Make
Room! Make Room! (1966); Dr. Who from 30 Years in the Tardis
Mon. Apr. 25:
Film in class: The Handmaid's Tale based
on
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
Mon. May 2:
Film clip: STNG
"The Measure of a Man"
Mon. May 9:
Film clip in class: The Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy (1992)
based on Douglas Adams