1.
The
Cuckoo - (2002), 99
min. / Director - Aleksandr Ragoshkin,
«Кукушка»,
режиссёр: Александр Рагошкин.
2. The
War - (2002), 120 min. / Director
- Aleksei Balabanov, «Война», режиссёр:
Алексей Балабанов
3.
The Thief /
(1997) 96 min., Pavel Chukhrai, director /
«Bop», режиссёр:
Павел Чухрай
4.
Burnt by the Sun [literal translation ="Exhausted]" by the Sun -
1995], 135 min. / Director -
Nikita Mikhalkov,
«Утомлённые солнцем», режиссёр: Никита Михалков
5.
Irony
of
Fate... (1975: release to DVD 2002), 185 min. / Direcrtor,
Eldar Ryazanov,
Иррония судьбы или
с лёгким паром, режисёр: Ельдар Рязанов.
6. Prisoner of the
Mountains (1997) 98 min. Sergei Bodrov, director / «Кавказкий
пленник», режиссёр: Сергей Бодров
7. Brother - (1998), 96 min. / Director - Aleksei
Balabanov, «Брат», режиссёр: Алексей
Балабанов
8. East/West /
Est - Ouest (1999) 121 min. /[French-Russian
collaboration]. Directed by Regis
Wargnier./ «Восток-запад«, режиссёр: Regis Wargnier
9. House
of
Fools - (2004), 108 min. / director,
Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovskii, «Дом
дураков»,
режиссёр: Андрей Михалков-Кончаловский
10. The
Return - (2003), 104 min. / Director, Andrei Zvyagintsev,
«Возвращение»,
режиссёр: Андрей Звягинцев
11.
Night Watch (2004)
114
min. Timur Bekmambetov, director / «Ночной
дозор»,
режиссёр: Тимур Бекмамбетов
12. Alive - (2006), 92 min. / Director - Aleksandr
Veledinskij, «Живой», режиссёр:
Александр Велединский
Course Grading
Take-home
hour
exams - at least 2 during the semester
50%
Class preparedness and
participation *NB below
20%
Take home or oral final
exam (your
choice)
30%
Explanation
-
Grade
for classroom preparedness and performance
This is a discussion
course. In order for the course
to be successful and interesting, it is necessary that you
are present, that you are prepared
(having watched the assigned film), and
that you are willing and able to discuss the film/s. A performance grade based on
discussion activity will be
assigned to each student.
However, with the realization that some people are
uncomfortable speaking even in a smallish class, one must
understand that
even A's on the take-home exams will NOT
produce a course final grade of A without active
participation in the discussion component!
You will have a choice of
written or
an oral take-home
final
Most people
choose to write the take-home exam. Those who are very
comfortable with discussion from classroom experience and
who have earned an "A" on both written hour exams, may
choose to set a time to take the final exam orally on a
one-to-one basis with the instructor. Especially
those interested in graduate work can benefit from this
format, since MA and Ph.D. comprehensive exams normally
comprise both a written and an oral section.
Undergraduate work often limits the student's oportunity
to experience a serious, intellectually based, oral exam.
A basic difference between my oral exam and one for an
advanced degree is that examiners for advanced degrees do
not mind intimidating their candidates. That is
certainly NOT my goal in this format!
Absence for
Religious Holidays
Religious Holidays: Students
have the right to practice the religion of their choice.
Each semester students should submit in writing
to
their instructors by the end of the second full week of
classes their documented religious holiday schedule for the
semester. Faculty must permit
students who miss work for the purpose of religious
observance to make up this work.
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