American independents: John Waters, Pink Flamingos, Multiple Maniacs, Female Trouble, Hairspray: David Lynch, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet; Jim Jarmusch, Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Mystery Train; Spike Lee, School Daze, Do the Right Thing; Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Schizopolis; Richard Linklater, Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise; Susan Seidelman, Smithereens, Desperately Seeking Susan; Mira Nair, Mississippi Masala; John Sayles, Return of the Secaucus Seven, Baby It’s You; Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs; Todd Haynes, Safe; Nancy Savoca, True Love, Dogfight; Allison Anders, Gas, Food, Lodging
Hollywood mavericks of the 1970s: Arthur Penn, Little Big Man, Night Moves; Hal Ashby, The Landlord, The Last Detail, Shampoo; Robert Altman, Brewster McCloud. McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Images; Peter Bogdanovich, The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon; William Friedkin, The Boys in the Band, The French Connection; Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin Garden, Stay Hungry; Alan J. Pakula, Klute; Steven Spielberg, The Sugarland Express; Terence Malick, Badlabds, Days of Heaven
Relate the movies to indie films we did see in class. Are there similar scenes, themes, characters, or unusual ways of telling the stories? What about the films make them different from regular Hollywood fare? How are they similar to Hollywood movies?
In your view, what were the most powerful and/or unexpected scenes? (Keep plot descriptions of the movies you watch to two or three sentences.)"
Movies seen in class are:
Harold and Maude; American Graffiti; One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest; The Conversation; The Parralax View; Annie Hall; Carrie; The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars episode 5); Squeeze; Boyz N The Hood; To Die For; Empire of the Sun.
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