David Lynch: "Mulholland Drive" or "Quinoa"

Howl

Here's a copy of the text:

http://members.tripod.com/~Sprayberry/poems/howl.txt

And the video we will watch in class, if you've seen/heard it already... Can't hurt to hear it again.

Amelie, the experience of the self by doing things for others

First, I want to share this random list of facts and details from this movie. I think it's amazing how much was being accounted for, and how much was completely intentional.

http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Movies/Amelie-8538.html

Also, here's a little blurb to get you going:

Amélie is a shy waitress in a Montmartre café. After returning a long-lost childhood treasure to a former occupant of her apartment, and seeing the effect it has on him, she decides to set out on a mission to make others happy and in the meantime pursues a quirky guy who collects discarded photo booth pictures. Written by Anonymous

Post Here about "Pumpkin"

A blurb from the Variety review to get you going on Banooshing ideas:

The story of a "forbidden" romance between a sorority sister and a handicapped young man, "Pumpkin" begins as though the filmmakers imagine that they're making a daringly anti-p.c. serio-comedy, but long before it's over, the picture is wearing its bleeding liberal heart all over its sleeve. Conceptually a sort of "Harold and Maude" with a mentally and physically challenged kid rather than an old lady repping the taboo object of desire, this American Zoetrope production gets along on curiosity value for a while, but becomes increasingly unconvincing and ludicrous as it staggers endlessly toward the finish line. Impressionable girls and connoisseurs of bizarre-lite represent parallel target audiences for this United Artists offering, which should find more viewers down the line on video than in theaters.