An old friend of mine who teaches at a public high school in Minnesota just got word that he’s inherited a 12-week elective course on film, and he’s reached out to me, asking if I might help him design the curriculum. All that he’s been given to work with thus far is a list of […]
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Designing the Curriculum for an Awesome High School Film Class: Part One
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1957, 1974, A Face in the Crowd, Algeria, Algerian War of Independence, Andy Griffith, Billy Wilder, Blade Runner, bugging, celebrity culture, curriculum, Dan Richardson, documentary film, Donald Trump, Double Indemnity, drifters, Elia Kazan, Eugene McCarthy, film criticism, film history, film school, films, folksy, foreign film, France, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman, Gillo Pontecorvo, Glenn Beck, great films, Harrison Ford, Harry Caul, high school, Hot Channels, House Committee on Un-American Activities, Italy, M, Martin Stett, Mildred Pierce, neorealist, populism, privacy, red scare, simple truths, small town America, social media, Sunset Boulevard, surveillance, surveillance culture, terrorism, The Battle of Algiers, The Conversation, The Killing, The Night of the Hunter, torture 26 Comments
Having failed miserably as Attorney General, Schuette sets his sights on the Governor’s office
Last winter, as you may recall, Donald Trump didn’t have a lot of friends inside the Michigan GOP. Governor Snyder, in a rare show of moral courage, refused to endorse the real estate developer turned reality television celebrity, and Lieutenant Governor Calley, who had endorsed him earlier in the campaign, withdrew his endorsement, once the […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Schuette, Bob Ritchie, Brian Calley, call to action, Chill the Most Cruise, Dan Kildee, Debbie Stabenow, endorsements, gay marriage, gay rights, golf, Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, Idiocracy, Kid Rock, loyalty, memes, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Republicans, Mike Pence, misogyny, Obamacare, performance art, political endorsements, President Camacho, pussy grabbing, Republican National Convention, Rick Snyder, RNC, tax cuts, violence against women, welfare, welfare queens 12 Comments
More than a face in the crowd… Andy Griffith passes away at 86
One of my favorite actors, Andy Griffith, died today, at the age of 86. If you’re not familiar with his work outside of the Mayberry R.F.D. universe, which is brilliant, by the way, I’d encourage you watch A Face in the Crowd (1957) by the controversial director Elia Kazan. (Kazan, as you may recall, outed […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged 1952, 1957, A Face in the Crowd, Andy Griffith, Andy Griffith Show, Budd Schulberg, celebrity, celebrity culture, child actors, con men, corporate media, corporatocracy, Don Knotts, Ed Sullivan, Elia Kazan, Glenn Beck, House Committee on Un-American Activities, laugh machines, media mogul, monologues, reality television, red scare, Ron Howard, What it Was Was Football 13 Comments