Dear Cinemythologists,
On Thursday, October 15, our unit on Medea and Jason continues. Please do the following.
VIEWING
- Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey & Ray Harryhausen, 1963)
Streaming on Swank Digital Campus. Take notes as you see fit. Here is another opportunity to you to revisit the work of Ray Harryhausen — Harryhausen, at the height of his powers; you, with far more experience in approaching myth on screen.
ANALYSIS
Eiger and Raker will continue our Analysis series. Their sequence selection is in the comments.
READING
- Blanshard, Alastair J. L. and Kim Shahabudin. 2011. “Myth and the Fantastic: Jason and the Argonauts.” Classics on Screen: Ancient Greece and Rome on Film. Chapter 6, 125–145. Bristol Classical Press.
Blanshard and Shahabudin, as they usually do, provide not only important context for today’s viewing but also its reception in later screen texts.
- “Speed and Length of the Shot” &”Special Effects.” LAM Chapter 6, pp. 223–230.
These sections from Looking at Movies have not a little bearing on Jason and the Argonauts, which is both nearly 60 years old and an FX extravaganza.
SEQUENCES
- Gross, Padala.
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
