Film: For this week, you will need to visit Rosenthal Library to watch The Pawnbroker (1964). The library has two copies–both on reserve on the 4th floor–one is a VHS and the other is a DVD.
The call number for the VHS is PN1997 .P3862 1997 and for the DVD, PN1995.9 .H53 P39 2003. Hopefully this will be the only time you will have to use the library to access films.
Readings:
PROMPT:
This week I would like you to use the blog post to explore one of two questions.
1) Explore, compare and contrast the depiction neighborhoods in the films we have watched to this point. How do they seem to “feel” and why? What cinematic effects contribute to this feeling?
2) How do the various ethnic groups represented in The Pawnbroker (1964) relate to one another? Are the various “ghettos”–past and present–that the film depicts somehow related to one another? If so, how does the film craft this connection?
what’s the prompt?