>From: Karl Offen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:47 PM >To: [log in to unmask]; Bob Rundstrom; [log in to unmask]; Helen Robertson; >[log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; Eric Dylan Webb; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; >[log in to unmask] >Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >Subject: final effort for new film course > >Dear Friends and Colleagues (you know who you are), > >For the last six months or so I have been preparing a new Honors Course >entitled_Latin American Geography through Film_ (GEOG 3890, pending GEOG >4263). Initially response was high, as students informed me they wanted to >take it and asked what they needed to do to enroll. The Honors College >procedure requires that non-Honors students can enroll in Honors courses >but that the students have to physically walk over there and fill out a >form and "demonstrate" that I have given my approval for them to >enroll. This seems to have deterred the students who showed interest last >Spring. Currently, I have only two students enrolled. The class will be >canceled unless there is more interest. If you know of students who may be >interested have them contact me at the below. To stave off cancelation, I >need to know that at least 3 more students are interested and will sign >up. For your information I have pasted below a (to be shortened) list of >the films that we will view during the semester. Thanks, Karl > >1492: The Conquest of Paradise, 1992, Dir. Ridley Scott, 149 min., >Touchstone Pictures, English. >Aguirre, the Wrath of God, 1972, Dir. Werner Herzog, 94 min., German with >English subtitles. >Amazon: Paradise Lost?, 1992, Dir. Christian Science Monitor, 51 min., >Christian Science Monitor Video, English. >Black Robe, 1991, Dir. Bruce Beresford, 101 min., English, French, Huron >with English subtitles. >Boca Del Lobo, La, 1988, Dir. Francisco J. Lombardi, 111 min., Cinevista >Video, Spanish with English subtitles. >Burden of Dreams, 1982, Dir. Les Blank, 94 min., Flower Films. >Burn!, 1969, Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 112 min., English. >Cabeza De Vaca, 1993, Dir. Nicolas Echevarria, 108 min., New Horizons Home >Video, Spanish with English subtitles. >Central Station, 1998, Dir. Walter Salles, 106 min., VideoFilmes Producoes >Artisticas, Portuguese with English subtitles. >Fitzcarraldo, 1982, Dir. Werner Herzog, 157 min. >Gabriela, 1983, Dir. Bruno Barreto, 99 min., Portuguese with English >subtitles. >Gringo in Mañanaland, The, 1995, Dir. Dee Dee Halleck, 61 min. >How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, 1973, Dir. Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, 80 >min., New Yorker Video, French and Tupi with English subtitles. >Johnny Cien Pesos, 1995, Dir. Gustavo Graef-Marino, 95 min., Spanish with >English subtitles. >La Frontera, 1991, 113 min, Spanish with English subtitles. >Last Supper, the (La Ultima Cena), 1976, Dir. M. E. Haya, 110 min., New >Yorker Video, Spanish with English subtitles. >Like Water for Chocolate, 1993, Dir. Alfonso Arau, 105 min., Miramax, >Spanish and English with English subtitles. >Lucia, 1968, Dir. Humberto Solas, 160 min., Spanish with English subtitles. >Men with Guns, 1998, Dir. John Sayles, 128 min., Spanish and Mayan with >English subtitles. >Missing, 1983, Dir. Costa-Gavras, 123 min., English and Spanish with >English subtitles. >Mission, The, 1986, Dir. Roland Joffé, 126 min., English. >Official Story, The, 1995, Dir. L. Puenzo, 110 min., Spanish with English >subtitles. >Quilombo, 1984, Dir. Carlos Diegues, 114 min., New Yorker Video, Portuguese >with English subtitles. >Rodrigo D/No Future, 1990, Dir. Victor Gaviria, Spanish with English >subtitles. >Saludos Amigos, 1943, Dir. Jack Kinney and Bill Roberts, Walt Disney. >Sugar Cane Alley, 1985, Dir. Euzhan Palcy, 107 min., New Yorker Video, >French with English subtitles. >Three Caballeros, 1945, Dir. Norman Ferguson, 73 min., Walt Disney Home >Video. >Trinkets and Beads, 1996, Dir. Christopher Walker, 52 min., Spanish and >English with English subtitles. >Viaje, El, 1992, Dir. Fernando Solonas, 133 min., Tartan Video. > >______________________ >Karl Offen >Assistant Professor >Department of Geography >100 East Boyd, SEC #684 >University of Oklahoma >Norman, OK 73019-1007 >(405) 325-9190 (office); (405) 325-6090 (fax), [log in to unmask] >http://geography.ou.edu/people/offen.html