I hope you all enjoyed The Artist. For those of you who saw Pennies from Heaven, perhaps you heard the sonic link? The films this week are films about the making of film – a curious subgenre that bequeaths an absolute wealth of topics to discuss.
If you are interested in learning more about Orson Welles in particular (as we are not watching Citizen Kane) in class proper, I have provided a longer reading for you here:
OHS Film & History 
The Artist (2011),
Hugo (2011),
The Shape of Water (2017),
8 1/2 (1963),
Annie Hall (1975),
Adaptation (2002),
Synecdoche, New York (2008),
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The Artist (2011)
Pennies From Heaven (1981)
Chaplin (1992)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Anna Karenina (2012)
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The Artist (2011)
The Matrix (1999)
Interstellar (2014)
Deadpool (2016)
Spaceballs (1987)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
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The Artist
Hugo
Annie Hall
Manhattan
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