Overview
paper1:
Discuss Rey Chow’s definition of “the sentimental” and give some examples of it in at least two of the films that we have watched so far this semester. (Movies to watch—-The River (1997, Tsai Ming-liang, and —-Nobody Knows (2004, Koreeda Hirokazu
Paper 2:
Discuss and compare the ways in which of the following films: Devils on the Doorstep, The Handmaiden, deal with the question of Japanese empire. How do they represent the Japanese occupiers? How do they deal with questions of victimization and complicity among the occupied? (Movies to watch—-Devils on the Doorstep (2000, Jiang Wen, and—-The Handmaiden (2016, Park Chan-wook)