Film Studies Daily Log

Tuesday, November 3

We returned to Freaks and re-viewed the pivotal scene where the tables are turned on Cleopatra, focusing on how the change in perspective to that of the freaks is accomplished in cinematic terms.

We also discussed further question of the film's moral center (in simple terms whether film ridicules or advocates for those who are not "normal").

We then turned (returned) to Lang's Metropolis as an important example of the German Expressionist movement in film to which Freaks is very heavily indebted. We watched two scenes of that Metropolis.

HW due Thursday:
Quiz over Expressionism; review the two handouts.