[Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture

[Caryn Cline]

To all of these great suggestions for Bryan, I'd like to add *The Conformist
*, which uses a car trip as a central trope.

Best,

CC


On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 5:32 PM, franco base <frenk.calza at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the best animation movie about car
>
> by Bruno Bozzetto
> Il signor Rossi compra l'automobile
> "Mr Rossi buy a car"
> 1966
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQksyniUqPo
>
>
>
> 2012/12/15 Jack <jack at jacktext.net>
>
>> The book lost highways: the illustrated history of the road movie that I
>> co-edited has some essays that may be of interest.
>>
>> Jack
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 16/12/2012, at 2:47 AM, Bryan Konefsky <bkonefsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your input... still hoping to get a few more film
>> ideas AND suggestions on readings.
>> best,
>> bryan konefsky
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, David Dvorchak <david at as220.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Laurel and Hardy is "Two Tars"
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Chuck Kleinhans <
>>> chuckkle at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The about to open, On The Road, and an almost endless stream of road
>>>> movies in Hollywood.
>>>>
>>>> There's a famous Laurel and Hardy film (whose name I forget at the
>>>> moment) which includes tearing a car apart in a dispute.
>>>>
>>>> Not about film, per se, but in the 1920s the expansion of relatively
>>>> inexpensive autos created a certain moral panic around cars as mobile
>>>> bedrooms for young people who could escape being chaperoned.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Kleinhans
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 14, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Bryan Konefsky wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello Frameworkers - I am in the early moments of developing a
>>>> critical studies course that looks at different ways the automobile has
>>>> been imagined in cinema.  To this end I'd love to hear from ya'll with
>>>> titles of films that you think might be useful to explore/expand this idea
>>>> and readings that might also dovetail themes that might be explored.
>>>> >
>>>> > Do know that my pal Antoni Pinent recently turned me on to a great
>>>> text titled Car Fetish.
>>>> >
>>>> > OK, let's hear what ya got!
>>>> > best,
>>>>
>>>>
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