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Session 28—Fri, March 23: 2046, Fifth session: general discussion
Topics for this session
❖ Recent cinema from China (Hong Kong): 2046, fifth session of five
Overall, persistent topics for this film:
- Characteristics, qualities, methods, completedness and reliability of communication between lovers
- Layering: role of memories in romance
- Layering: blending of boundaries of individuals (status of individual)
- Layering: Non-linearity (narrative structure, experience of the presence as tied to the past and future, especially the past—memories).
- Comparisons: Dreams in 2046 and Genji.
- Comparisons: Money in 2046 and Story of the Stone.
Today:
- Open topics
Thoughts*
We use this period for general comments by me, for class-wide discussion and/or for small group work on some of the questions that have be stated on the modules or have come up during the screening of the film. Since you will be completing a written assignment soon, you can use this class to explore questions you might be trying to work with for that assignment. I also might draw cards on this day and ask you opinion on various matters.
Required—to be completed for today's session
✓ I take roll on this day.
✓ Remember to bring in the topic questions for this film, at minimum.
✓ Complete and submit Responses to daily QuickThink questions according to the instructions on the form.
Texts, multimedia notes, links*
nothing yet ...
Other*
nothing yet ...
*THOUGHTS: Reading before class probably helps follow session content, reading afterwards might help consolidate notes, revisiting for tests is recommended. Content might be added before class or anytime up until about 24 hours ahead of a midterm.
*TEXTS, MULTIMEDIA NOTES, LINKS: If I have read from something, shown something or presented audio that is not elsewhere mentioned, I usually include that information here for the curious, sometime after the class (since I often make last-minute decisions about including something). It might take a while and sometimes I forget. You can email me.
*OTHER: When possible I note here names, places, and other details that I have mentioned in a lecture that would otherwise not be accessible in the assigned materials or easily located on your own. As with "TEXTS ..." this is usually sometime after class and, again, I might not be able to get around to doing it.