Christopher's Classes

If you have questions: [email protected] or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  An Illustrated History of Filmmaking by A Allsuch Boardman  Here is a are the films to start with: Youtube Playlist 1. 1922 Nosferatu 1926 The General - Buster Keaton 2. 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc 3. 1933 King Kong  4. 1941 Citizen Kane  5. 1942 Casablanca  6. 1951  The Day the Earth Stood Still  7. 1954 On The Waterfront 8. 1954 Gojira 9. 1958 Vertigo 10. 1977 Star Wars (1977 NOT an updated version) (In Class) 1982 Michael Jackson's Thriller  11. .1995 Babe the Gantlet Pig  12.  1998 Babe Pig In The City 13. 2000 Unbreakable  14. 2006 Lady in the Water  15. 2012 Blue Like Jazz  Then, each student also get the book next to their name. 1.  Save The Cat Blake Snyder  2. Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment by Brian Godawa  3.  We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie by Noah Isenberg  4.  The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale  by Michael Bamberger  5. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell  6. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Donald Miller  And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class.

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  If you would like to support Christopher's Classes, you can do that here or simply by sharing this episode with your friends.  Today we talked about   Vertigo  We also talked about: The Score by Bernard Herrmann for Vertigo and Psycho  The Jimmy Stewart / Hitchcock movies: Rope Rear Window and even The Man Who Knew Too Much  (Hitchcock had licensed the entire book from GK Chesterton. It's too bad he only used the title instead of using the story... twice.)  A couple other Hitchcock Movies Notorious Psycho The Iliad Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Hitchcock A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood OK, I know the U2 song is not about the movie, but the video seems to really like the Sal Bass stuff. Next class is 1977 Star Wars (1977 NOT an updated version )  This is the trailer and theme to Kings Row This is the Flash Gordon serial. (It would have played in episodes before the main feature each week. This is all the episodes edited together to make one movie) This is a musician explaining the influence of "The Planets" on "Star Wars" Here is "The Planets" Here is the original trailer introducing the world to  Star Wars If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about  1954 Gojira GODZILLA (1954) Japanese version (HD) : Toho : I also mentioned  Matt Frank  The Day The Earth Stood Still  The Lucky Dragon Incident  Roger Fisher Matt Frank's  Avengers-style saga of the early Godzilla films goes:  Godzilla  Rodan  Mothra  Mothra vs Godzilla  Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster After that it’s sort of dealer’s choice Return of Godzilla and Godzilla vs Biollante  or Godzilla , Mothra , and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack Final Wars is fun if you want to see something really stupid Christopher's suggestions outside the Godzilla Franchise.  Them – Creature from the Black Lagoon Shin Godzilla 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Host  Colossal A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer Daniel Otto Jack Petersen Currently researching doctoral thesis on an 'Ecomonstrous' reading of Cormac McCarthy & R.A. Lafferty at University of Glasgow Next class is Vertigo  https://amzn.to/2SCHoWP If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about  1951  The Day the Earth Stood Still I also mentioned  God's Country: America in the 50's by Ronald J Oakley  Duck and Cover  The Day The Earth Stood Still 2008 The Sound of Music Jailhouse Rock Rebel Without a Cause Plan 9 From Outer Space How The Theremin works  musician playing the Theremin. The Bernard Hermon Soundtrack Farewell to the Master: The Day the Earth Stood Still  - by Harry Bates Next class is 1954 On The Waterfront  If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about Moral Relativity,Citizen Kane, Harley Quin, and the ending of Casablanca  I also mentioned The Stand By Steven King On Writing by Steven King Batman the Animated Series  Next class is 1951  The Day the Earth Stood Still If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about  1942 Casablanca  I also mentioned The Soundtrack to Casablanca A video about modern pop music and why it's bad The Maltese Falcon African Queen Inglourious Basterds Pirates of the Caribbean  Captain America Winter Soldier Next class is 1951  The Day the Earth Stood Still Here is the Duck and Cover film teaching kids to prepare for a nuke.  This is how a Theremin works Here is a musician playing the Theremin.  If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about 1941 Citizen Kane I also mentioned The Soundtrack to Citizen Kane by Bernard Herrmann Taxi Driver / The King Of Comedy / Joker and the music at the end is Union Forever  by The White Stripes.  Next class is 1942 Casablanca  If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: [email protected] or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc I also mentioned: The Passion of The Christ Vampyr Einhorn: Voices of Light Score for The Passion of Joan of Arc This is the live performance of the score Now Playing Podcast's review of King Kong Next class is 1933 King Kong If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: email or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about 1933 King Kong I also mentioned The Lost Spider Pit Sequence - Peter Jackson Recreation Peter Jackson's King Kong King Kong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  by  John Barry The Lost World  by Arthur Conan Doyle  A Grand Success!: The Aardman Journey, One Frame at a Time by Peter Lord Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth by Ian Nathan Next class is 1941 Citizen Kane   If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: [email protected] or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  Today we talked about Nosferatu I also mentioned: Dracula Cabinet of Dr Caligari Metropolis The Man Who Laughs Batman Batman Returns Nightmare Before Christmas But I should have brought up Hansel and Gretel or Vincent.   Next class is 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc The Nosferatu soundtrack I was talking about is from Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys and can be found at their Bandcamp page here Nosferatu - LIVE Soundtrack If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here

If you have questions: [email protected] or Christopher's Classes on Facebook  An Illustrated History of Filmmaking by A Allsuch Boardman  The Edison Museum by They Might Be Giants (For Kids) From the Album No! (Deluxe Edition)  Here is a are the films to start with: Youtube Playlist 1. 1922 Nosferatu If you would like to see the full Syllabus, it's here And this is the film list I started with before I pared it down for the class. You can listen to the Born On Book Lovers Day podcast here