About Film Modules
How to Prepare Films
Go to the appropriate session page to see if there are any specific instructions and/or comments.
Before the first session devoted to that film,
FIRST read the introductory module pages (General comments, director information, character list, release information AND Module 01),
THEN view the film with care and thought.
Modules 02 and higher might be due on the first day, or later, depending on how much time is devoted to the film. See the session page(s) for details on when to read film modules with numbers higher than "01".
Table of Contents to All Film Module Pages
Core Films
*All of the core films have a gray right-hand sidebar that gives the basic film information, the basic character list, the topics relevant to this course that are usually the focus of discussion, and availability data.
- 2046 (China, 2004)
- General comments (includes summaries for the first two films in this trilogy)
- Information about the director
- Relevant characters in the film
- Release and box office information
- Module 01
- Module 02
- Module 03
- Module 04
- 3-Iron (Korea, 2004)
- General comments (draft material)
- Information about the director (draft material)
- Relevant characters in the film (draft material)
- Release and box office information (no page yet)
- Module 01 (draft material)
- Module 02 (draft material)
- Module 03 (draft material)
- Dolls (Japan, 2002)
- General comments (draft comments)
- Information about the director (draft comments)
- Relevant characters in the film (draft comments)
- Release and box office information (no content yet)
- Module 01
- Module 02
- Module 03
- House of Flying Daggers (China, 2004)
- General comments
- Information about the director
- Relevant characters in the film
- Release and box office information (no page yet)
- Module 01 (scene summaries include lyrics to the song Mei dances to, key film theme material)
- Module 02
- Module 03
- Module 04
- Three Times (China, 2005)
- General comments
- Information about the director (draft comments)
- Relevant characters in the film
- Release and box office information (no content yet)
- Module 01 (Story 1—includes background information, lyrics for the multiple songs used)
- Module 02 (Story 2—includes background information, includes extended comments on music)
- Module 03 (Story 3—includes background information, includes lyrics for the segment's title song)
Non-core films that have basic modules
*These are films I have viewed to see if they would be films that could be used in class or recommended as films for team work. My comments about this are on these informal modules as well as some other information.
- Art of Seduction (Korea, 2005)
- Maybe (Korea, 2009)
- Norwegian Wood (Japan, 2010)
- Seesaw (Japan, 2011)
- What Women Want (China, 2011)
Films covered in class but currently without modules (go to session page)
- Chunhyang (Korea, 2000)
- Double Suicide (Japan, 1969)