Dear Cinemythologists,
On Thursday, October 15, our unit on Medea and Jason concludes. Please do the following.
VIEWING
- Medea (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1969)
Streaming on YouTube. The link above takes you to a version with English subtitles. This is a challenging film, so be sure to take notes and maybe even jot down some questions.
ANALYSIS
Cullors and Pettit will continue our Analysis series. Their sequence selection is in the comments.
READING
- Shapiro, Susan O. 2013. “Pasolini’s Medea: A Twentieth-Century Tragedy.” In Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, ed. Ancient Greek Women in Film, 95–118. Oxford University Press.
This chapter comes from a volume many of you have cited in your bibliographies.
SEQUENCES
- Davis, Ricci.
Use the comments feature on this post to recommend a sequence to be reviewed and discussed in class.
Recommendations should contain the following:
- A brief description of the sequence.
- Precise starting and ending times (hh:mm:ss — hh:mm:ss).
- A rationale as to why this sequence is worth our time.
DC
