watched The Third Man (1949) | Carol Reed| DP:Robert Krasker | Script Graham Greene
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Fargo/Coen Brothers (i) week syllabus 01/22-01/29
Film:
Fargo (1996) Coen brothers | Roger Deakins
Exercise:
Dramatic construction with index cards. Each card = one minute of screen time, one script page.
“writing on each of them a minimal number of words that describe a step in the narrative… Important character interactions in a scene.” (Mackendrick p. 45)
what each main character in the scene wants. scene objective. how the story moves forward.
Script to read:
Fargo (Coen brothers)
Course book:
On Film-making (Alexander Mackendrick)
Films to watch this week:
Nightfall | Jacques Tourneur (1957)
On Dangerous Ground | Nicholas Ray (1951)
Article “five films that influenced the Coens’ classic” from BFI
Articles to read:
none
Essay or script:
500 words on Fargo or neo-noir script 3-5 pages (Saturday)
Location scouting:
none
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Writing/Film Project:
Chukkumi (mornings)
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Book to read:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Joyce.
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Photo project:
none
ignorance
Director: Lulu Wang
Watched Miller’s Crossing (1990) Coen Brothers:
philip marlowe
via wikipedia
watched the big sleep (1946)
humphrey bogart as private detective marlowe and lauren bacall
directed by howard hawks
screenplay by william faulkner, leigh brackett, and jules furthman.
based on the big sleep by raymond chandler
the big sleep
started listening to the audiobook of the big sleep by raymond chandler
LA detective. film noir. 1930s/1940s.
centum city. hipstamatic. early 2012.
inherent vice
lack of plot.complicated plots. lack of artificial exposition. natural unfolding of the story.
to see
repo man (1984) by alex cox
via wikipedia
the big sleep (1946)
- via wikipedia
north by northwest (1959)
police squad! (1982)
via wikipedia
the joy of filmmaking
the close-up on p t anderson, 58 mins.
josh brolin. dp/30
short indiewire (1998) on the coen brothers:
The coen brothers speak (reluctantly) the big lebowsky, the big sleep, etc.
Read
Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young
via wikipedia
last days
Last days PNU.
Nolan on his early film. What betrays the budget. Importance of sound: voice over and controlled environment to conceal lousy audio. Freedom of film noir. Enjoy the film for what it is rather than a skipping stone for a better/larger one.