Course Schedule
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Cult Reception Contexts
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 1-25
SCREENING: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975 USA/UK)
Module 3: Cult Marketplace: Prestige, Awards and Festivals
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 26-45
SCREENING: La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960 Italy)
Module 4: Censorship, Criticism, Fandom and Subculture
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 44-66
SCREENING: Henry and June (Philip Kaufman, 1990 USA/France)
Module 5: Cult Auteur / Cult Stardom
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 67-85
SCREENING: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962 USA)
Module 6: Camp and Paracinema / Transgression and Frekery / Gender and Sexuality
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 86-119
SCREENING: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970 USA)
Module 7: Transnationalism, Orientalism, Religion and Utopia
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 120-141
SCREENING: The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1974 UK)
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995 Japan)
Module 8: Midterm
Module 9: Exploitation, B-Movies, Underground and Avant-Garde
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 143-163
SCREENING: Cat People (Jacques Tournier, 1942 USA)
Funeral Parade of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, 1969 Japan)
Module 10: Cult Cinema, Drugs and Music
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 164-183
SCREENING: The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, 1972 Jamaica)
Smiley Face (Gregg Araki, 2007, USA)
Module 11: Classical Hollywood Cults
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 184-193
SCREENING: Hellzapoppin’ (Henry C. Potter, 1941 USA)
Module 12: Cult Horror Cinema
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 194-204
SCREENING: Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932 USA)
Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett, 2000 Canada)
Module 13: Cult Science Fiction Cinema
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 205-213
SCREENING: They Live (John Carpenter, 1988 USA)
Module 14: Cult Blockbusters
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 214-223
SCREENING: Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997 USA)
Module 15: Intertextuality and Irony
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 224-233
SCREENING: Serial Mom (John Waters, 1994 USA)
Module 16: Meta-Cult
READING: Cult Cinema An Introduction pgs. 234-242
SCREENING: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992 USA/France)
Module 17: Final Project
Important Dates Fall 2024:
Day Class Begins: September 3
Last Day to Drop Class for 100% Refund: September 12
Last Day to Add: September 20
Last Day to Drop Without 'W': September 20
Last Day to Drop With 'W': November 21
Last Day to select P/NP: November 21
Day Class Ends: December 20
Final Grades Available via MyRam: January 8
Assignments:
Our class starts at 8am on Tuesday, September 3rd . The course consists of 17 Modules. This class covers 1 Module each week. You will be able to read Module material, watch films, and complete assignments for beginning each Monday at 8am. All work, assignments and quizzes for each week must be completed by 11:59pm on Sundays. Most weeks will require feature film and clip viewing, textbook and module reading, a discussion and response post in addition to a quiz. All quizzes are multiple choice and consist of 5 questions.
This course has a required project and/or paper that will be developed by you over the course of the semester. There are creative application options to produce infographics, art, comic strips, short films and other works. Parameters, requirements and time frames will be provided in detail in Canvas.
The class requires a minimum of about 8-12 hours of work per Module. You will fall behind if you do not plan ahead and complete the work throughout each week. You will not be able to watch feature films, complete the reading (and take quiz(zes) on the reading) and write a discussion post/response post for each Module if you wait until the weekend to complete the work. Discussion assignments and paper/projects make up the majority of the final grade and they require time to receive full points. I cannot open Modules before their scheduled time to accommodate travel plans, vacation etc.
Attendance:
Students must login and complete work on Canvas in order to stay in the class. Students who do not complete all work (both discussion post assignments and quiz in Module 1 & 2) from the first week by Sunday, September 8th at 11:59pm will be dropped from the class. Students who do not complete two consecutive discussion assignments (both the initial post and response post) and do not communicate with me will be dropped from the class. Any student who falls below a 60% (total grade) at any point before the completion of Module 9 and does not communicate with me will be dropped from the class. I will maintain grade book records via Canvas.
Please see the City College of San Francisco's standards for Substantive Interaction for Distance Learning Courses for information about requirements as described in California Code of Regulations, Title 5: Education, under Chapter 6, Article 1 on Distance Education.
Online and Hybrid Courses: Substantive participation is considered necessary for normal progress in an online or hybrid class. Therefore, a student taking an outline or hybrid course must participate in the class during the first week, and regularly participate throughout the term according to the requirements listed on the instructor's syllabus. Otherwise, the student may be dropped by the instructor as stated in AR 5075 Course Adds, Drops, and Withdrawals or as stated on the instructor's syllabus. Faculty will define required participation in the syllabus for an online or hybrid course and will determine the consequences of a lack of participation.
Completing quizzes or tests is not considered substantive interaction to satisfy attendance in this class. You must complete both the initial post and response post in each discussion assignment to meet the standards of 'instructor-to-student contact' and 'student-to-student contact' as outlined in CCSF's Substantive Interaction for Distance Learning Courses. Completing the response post and refraining from completing the initial post in each discussion assignment does not satisfy the attendance requirement in this class.
I will make my best effort to contact students at least once before dropping them from the course, but keep in mind I typically have hundreds of students per semester. Students are responsible for withdrawing from the course before the posted deadlines (see "Important Dates"). Keep in mind that I must report accurate census reports for all my classes after the first three full weeks of instruction. I also must report accurate records of midterm and final grades. Failure to do so may result in several consequences for CCSF, myself, and my students: the most serious accusation being involvement with financial aid fraud. I will contact students via Canvas Inbox. Please make sure that you check your Canvas Inbox or link Canvas messaging to your CCSF email or preferred email address.
Standards of Conduct
Students who register in CCSF classes are required to abide by the CCSF Student Code of Conduct
Violation of the code is basis for referral to the Student Conduct Coordinator or dismissal from the course or CCSF. You are expected to do your own work, and have your own unique answers to questions. Anyone found cheating or plagiarizing the work of others will receive a zero on the assignment and face disciplinary action at the college. PLAGIARISM = copying/citing the words, images, videos, or ideas of others without giving them credit.
DSPS Accommodations
Disabled Students Programs & Services
Students with disabilities who need academic accommodations should request them from the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) located in the Rosenberg Library, Room 323 on the Ocean Campus. Telephone:
415-452-5481 (V) 415-452-5451 (TDD).