To those who can relate:
I am making an effort to "retool" my undergraduate film theory course this
semester.  I am once again using Braudy & Cohen's FILM THEORY & CRITICISM
(though I am planning to move on to another text in the fall because I
have finally faced the fact that it is not an appropriate undergraduate
text for my students).

My question is this: I would like to devote a class to semiotics and
structuralism prior to discussing genre and would appreciate your
recommendations.  Ideally, I would like to screen a film and have my
students read semiotic/structuralist analysis of the text, but one that
they will actually be able to understand.  I have found examples for
television--but few for film.

I know this sounds like a very basic request, but I have decided to get
back to the "basics" for my undergraduate theory class.  I would also
appreciate other films that you feel have worked in regards to genre, film
narrative, ideology, and feminism.

Yours in the struggle,
Stephen Tropiano
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Stephen Tropiano
Director, Ithaca College Los Angeles Program
Editor, Journal of Film and Video
James B. Pendleton Center
3800 Barham Blvd.  Suite 305
Los Angeles, California  90068
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