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The Architects

The Architects. HONORS 280 – Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Readings for today and next Monday. "Postwar East German Cinema 1949-1989: Historical Overviews" (ANGEL/Lessons/Case Study #1) for Wednesday, October 1, 2014

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The Architects

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  1. The Architects HONORS 280 – Wednesday, October 1, 2014

  2. Readings for today and next Monday . . . • "Postwar East German Cinema 1949-1989: Historical Overviews" (ANGEL/Lessons/Case Study #1) for Wednesday, October 1, 2014 • "The East German Revolution and End of the Post-War Era" (ANGEL/Lessons/Case Study #2) for Monday, October 6, 2014 Mea culpa!HUGE apologies for any inconvenience this confusion may have caused!

  3. A reminder . . . (not that you would forget! ) • In-Class Writing #2 -- Friday, October 3, 2014.

  4. One person still needs to sign up . . . • October 6 – October 16: Individual 30-minute appointments with Professor Halverson to discuss your chosen film and research progress. • All appointments take place in Thompson 124F. • Please come prepared for your appointment with a “iceberg” displaying the cultural issues important to your chosen film.

  5. Die Architekten/The Architects (1990) • Turn in your Film Response Sheets for The Architects.

  6. The East German Car: The Trabant or Trabi

  7. Today’s Reading . . . • Partnerarbeit– "Postwar East German Cinema 1949-1989: Historical Overviews“: What “job” did film have in East Germany?: Work with your partner to identify one passage in the article that sums it up best. (~5 minutes) HOLD THAT QUOTE!

  8. Die Architekten/The Architects (1990) • What world do the characters live in?

  9. Die Architekten/The Architects (1990) • What world would they like to live in?

  10. Die Architekten/The Architects (1990) • What obstacles stand in their way to realizing this world? How do they choose to surmount these obstacles?

  11. Reading and Die Architekten • Recall the quote from the reading you and your partner identified at the beginning of class. To what degree does the film Die Architektendo its job?

  12. Die Architekten/The Architects (1990) • East Germany at the end of the eighties is a world far removed from our own, even further removed from us than West Germany at the end of the eighties. After our discussion, what event/character/decision/etc. in the film still doesn’t make sense to you?

  13. Discussion . . . • If you were living in the East Germany portrayed in The Architects, what would you perceive to be the biggest obstacle to instituting change? Why?

  14. TschüßbisFreitag!

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