Film Studies Daily Log

Wednesday, October 29

We re-watched the final ten minutes of Nosferatu while students took notes of significant details.
Afterwards we went over some of these details and then discussed the final scene, focusing especially on its ambiguous eroticism.

Some students expressed an interest in watching the 1931 Dracula with Bela Lugosi rather than the planned Frankenstein, and we voted and re-voted between the two, finally deciding that students who wanted to see Dracula should watch it on the big screen tonight at the North Bend Theater. Anyone who wishes may get extra credit by writing three solid paragraphs on how the film relatesd to Expressionismus. (Those unable to attend but wanting an extra-credit opportunity should speak with Mr. Potratz outside of class time.