This is a schedule of film screenings. Attendance is optional, but if you cannot attend, make sure to view the film on your own time before the next class meeting following the scheduled screening. You may bring friends. Also, feel free to bring your laptop.
Tron (1982)
Where: Combs 237
When: 8:00 PM, Wednesday, September 29
Runtime: 96 minutes
Rating: PG
Discussion:
Tron is, in many ways, a cult classic. For the purposes of this class, we're interested in how computing is imagined and visualized as a virtual world (cyberspace) and how individual agents move in and through that world. Also, recent themes from our discussion of Snow Crash, including the relationship between real bodies and avatars, are also relevant for Tron.
The Matrix (1999)
Where: Combs 237
When: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, October 5
Runtime: 136 minutes
Rating: R
Discussion:
Avalon (2001)
Where: Combs 237
When: 8:00 PM, Wednesday, October 13
Runtime: 107 minutes
Rating: R
Discussion:
Some other relevant films
(... that we won't be screening but that I encourage you to watch and blog about)
Second Skin (2008) |
eXistenZ (1999) |
The Truman Show (1998) |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
The Thirteenth Floor (1999) |
Dark City (198) |
