Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Week 8 – March 24 & 26

Tuesday: How to Review a Film
Read:
Warren Buckland, “The reception of film: the art and profession of film reviewing”, in Teach Yourself Film Studies, Chapter 6, pp. 179-199
Watch Film
: Lasse Hallström Chocolat (2000) (121 minutes)

Thursday:
Read: James Keller, “Itzam Revealed: Chocolate and the Mayan Cosmology”, in Food, Film and Culture, pp. 24-36

Blog Entry 7:
Discuss the role/effect/function of food in the film. What is Vianne's role as cook/ healer/ shaman in the film. OR: Write about the role of cocoa (chocolate) in Mayan culture. OR The physical and metaphysical meaning of transformation in the village during lent leading up to Easter. Blog is due by Sunday, March 29.

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