James R. Elkins
Archive || 2017
Wednesday, August 16: Introduction to the Course
The following materials were distributed at our first class meeting:
The
Instructor's Perspective on Lawyers & Film: James R. Elkins,
Reading/Teaching Lawyer Films, 28 Vt. L. Rev. 814 (2004) [on-line
text] [For a condensed version of the essay, see Reading Lawyer
Films, 25 (1) Les Cahiers de APLIUT (2006)] [on-line
text]
The instructor's critique of legal film criticism, see James R. Elkins, Popular Culture, Legal Films, and Legal Film Critics, 40 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 745 (2007) [on-line text]
Note: Significant parts of both the Vermont and Loyola Los Angeles essays are incorporated into the course website.
Theoretical
Orientation of the Course: "The Humanistic Approach,"
in Tim Bywater& Thomas Sobchack, An Introduction to Film Criticism:
Major Critical Approaches to Narrative Film 24-47 (New York Longman,
1989)
A
Theoretical Perspective & an Argument for What We Can Do with Film:
Rebecca Johnson & Ruth Buchanan, Getting the Insider's Story
Out: What Popular Film Can Tell Us about Legal Method's Dirty Secrets,
20 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 87 (2001)
Wednesday, August 23: "Adam's Rib"
Wednesday, Aug. 30 | Friday, Sept. 1: "Anatomy of a Murder"
Wednesday, Sept. 6 | Friday, Sept. 8: "The Verdict"
Wednesday, Sept.13 | Friday, Sept. 15: "Class Action "
Wednesday, Sept.20 | Friday, Sept. 22: "True Believer"
Wednesday, Sept.27 | Friday, Sept. 29: "Nuts"
Wednesday, Oct. 4 | Friday, Oct. 6 : "Music Box"
Wednesday, Oct. 18 | Friday, Oct. 20: "Michael Clayton"
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017: "The Castle"
Wednesday, November 1 | Friday, November 3, 2017
"The Last Wave" (1977)
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Instructor's Notes |
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 | Friday, November 10, 2017
