2016-2017 Academic Year

 

1

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

 

(The Script of the Film Dr. Strangelove)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Maland, Charles, "Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus," American Quarterly, 31/5 (Winter 1979), pp.697-717.
• Boyer, Paul S., "Dr. Strangelove at 40: The Continuing Relevance of a Cold War Cultural Icon," Arms Control Today, 34/10 (December 2004), pp.46-48.
• Boyer, Paul S., "From Activism to Apathy: The American People and Nuclear Weapons, 1963-1980," The Journal of American History, 70/4 (March 1984), pp.821-844.
• Carringer, Robert, "Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove: A Guide to Study," The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 8/1 (January 1974), pp.43-53.
• Deutsch, James I., "'No Communist Could Dream of a More Effective Anti-American Film': Dr. Strangelove and its Red Reviewers," Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 36/1 (March 2016), 40-52.
• Stillman, Grant B., "Two of the MADdest Scientists: Where Strangelove Meets Dr. No; or, Unexpected Roots for Kubrick's Cold War Classic," Film History, 20 (2008), pp.487-500.
• Southern, Terry, "Strangelove Outtake: Notes from the War Room," Grand Street, No.49 (Summer 1994), pp.64-80.
• Lindley, Dan, "What I Learned since I Stopped Worrying and Studies the Movie: A Teaching Guide to Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove," PS: Political Science and Politics, 34/3 (September 2001), pp.663-667.
• Macklin, F. Anthony, "Sex and Dr. Strangelove," Film Comment, 3/3 (Summer 1965), pp.55-57.
• Barilleaux, Ryan J., "Review of Sharon Ghamari--Tabrizi's The Worlds of Herman Kahn (2005)," The Review of Politics, 68/2 (Spring 2006), pp.347-349.
• Cockrell, Amanda, "Review of M. Keith Booker's Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964 (2001)," Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 14/4 (Winter 2004), pp.482-485.
• Lindley, Dan, "Review of Peter Goodchild's Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove (2004)," The Review of Politics, 68/1 (Winter 2006), pp.172-175.

 

Internet Sites Related to Dr. Strangelove

• Filmsite Movie Review, Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Bromwich, David, "Dr. Strangelove: The Darkest Room"
• "Dr. Strangelove: Peter Sellers in Stanley Kubrick's Anti-War Masterpiece," The Guardian, 26 July 2016.
• Patterson, John, "Dr. Strangelove: No 6 Best Comedy Film of All Time," The Guardian, 18 October 2010.

 

Films and Documentaries on the Subject Matter

• Inside: Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (David Naylor, 2000)
• The Atomic Cafe (Jayne Loader and Kevin Rafferty, 1982)
• Fail-Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)

 

 

2

Thirteen Days

(Roger Donaldson, 2000)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Jacobson, Harlan, "Review of Thirteen Days," Film Comment, 37/1 (January-February 2001), pp.75.76.
• Cull, Nicholas J., "Review of Thirteen Days," The American Historical Review, 106/4 (October 2001), pp.1511-1512.
• Rabe, Stephen G., "The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited," Irish Studies in International Affairs, 3/3 (1991), 59-66.
• Smith, Tom W., "The Cuban Missile Crisis and U.S. Public Opinion," The Public Opinion Quarterly, 67/2 (Summer 2003), pp.265-293.
• Bernstein, Barton J., "The Cuban Missile Crisis: Trading the Jupiters in Turkey?" Political Science Quarterly, 95/1 (Spring 1980), pp.97-125.
• Bernstein, Barton J., "Reconsidering the PerilousCuban Missile Crisis 50 Yeras Later," Arms Control Today, 42/8 (October 2012), pp.39-44.
• Allison, Graham, "The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50: Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy Today," Foreign Affairs, 91/4 (July/August 2012), pp.11-16.
• Bobrow, Davis B., "Stories Remembered and Forgotten," The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 33/2 (June 1989), pp.187-209.
• Garthoff, Raymond L., "Cuban Missile Crisis: The Soviet Story," Foreign Policy, No.72 (Autumn 1988), pp.61-80.
• Sever, AyÅŸegül, "Yeni Bulgular Işığında 1962 Küba Krizi ve Türkiye," A.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, 52/1 (1997), pp.647-660.

 

 

3

Good Night, and Good Luck.

(George Clooney, 2005)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Doherty, Thomas, "Review of Good Night, and Good Luck," Cinéaste, 31/1 (Winter 2005), pp.53-56.
• Briley, Ron, "Review of Good Night, and Good Luck," The Journal of American History, 93/3 (December 2006), pp.985-986.
• Fine, Gary Alan, "Review of Good Night, and Good Luck," Contexts, 5/3 (Summer 2006), pp.65-66.
• Kuralt, Charles, "Edward R. Murrow," The North Carolina Historical Review, 48/2 (April 1971), pp.161-170.
• Doherty, Thomas, Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003)
• Alwood, Edward, Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007)
• Bliss, Edward, Jr. (ed.), In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938-1961 (London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1968)

 

Internet Sites Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• The Cold War Museum, "Senator Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism and the Witch Hunt"
• "Obituary: Edward R. Murrow, Broadcaster and Ex-Chief of U.S.I.A., Dies," The New York Times, April 28, 1965.

 

Films and Documentaries on the Subject Matter:

• Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (Susan Steinberg, 1990) Part 1, and Part 2
• Life and Career of Edward R. Murrow: Good Night and Good Luck Film, September 20, 2005
• "George Clooney: The Journey to Good Night," National Public Radio interview, December 27, 2005
• George Clooney on Good Night, and Good Luck. Interview by Charlie Rose, October 14, 2005.
• Joseph McCarthy on Democrats
• Joseph McCarthy Congressioanl Hearings, April 22, 1954
• Joseph Welch to Joseph McCarthy: "Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?" June 9, 1954
• Senator McCarthy Claims Communist Infiltration
• Broadcast of Edward R. Murrow Exposing Joseph McCarthy, March 9, 1954
• Harvest of Shame (Edward R. Murrow, 1960)
• The Real American: Joe McCarthy (Lutz Hachmeister, 2011)
• Tail Gunner Joe (Jud Taylor, 1977)

 

 

4

Path to War

(John Frankenheimer, 2002)

Guide to the Path to War

 

Materials Related to the Fim and the Subject Matter:

• Logevall, Fredrik, "Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam," Presidential Studies Quarterly, 34/1 (March 2004), pp.100-112.
• Collins, Jean, "The Domino Theory," The North American Review, 252/3 (May 1967), pp.19-20.
• Germany, Kent B., "Historians and the Many Lyndon Johnsons: A Review Essay," The Journal of Southern History, 75/4 (November 2009), pp.1001-1028.

 

Films and Documentaries on the Subject Matter:

• Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis, 1974)
• Vietnam: A Television History, Episode 4: LBJ Goes to War, 1964-1965 (Austin Hoyt, 1983)
• Bill Moyer's Journal: LBJ's Path to War: A Tale of Two Quagmires (Bill Moyers, 2009) Part 1of2
• Bill Moyer's Journal: LBJ's Path to War: A Tale of Two Quagmires (Bill Moyers, 2009) Part 2of2
• LBJ Part 1 - Beautiful Texas/My Fellow Americans (David Grubin, 1991)
• LBJ Part 2 - We Shall Overcome/The Last Believer (David Grubin, 1991)
• Vietnam: A Television History - Interview with George W. Ball, 1981

 

 

5

All the President's Men

(Alan J. Pakula, 1976)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Jameson, Richard T., "The Pakula Parallax," Film Comment, 12/5 (September-October 1976), pp.8-12.
• Pakula, Alan J. and Richard Thompson, "Mr. Pakula Goes to Washington," Film Comment, 12/5 (September-October 1976), pp.12-19.
• Kraft, Elizabeth, "All the President's Men as a Woman's Film," Journal of Popular Film and Television, 36 (2008), pp.30-37.
• Ritchie, Ronald A., "Investigating the Watergate Scandal," Organization of American Historians Magazine of History, 12/4 (Summer 1998), pp.49-53.
• Carlson, Matt, "Embodying Deep Throat: Mark Felt and the Collective Memory of Watergate," Critical Studies in Media Communication, 27/3 (August 2010), pp.235-250.
• Dean, John W. and James Robenalt, "The Legacy of Watergate," Litigation, 38/3 (Spring 2012), pp.19-25.

 

Films and Documentaries on the Subject Matter:

• Watergate, Part 1 and Part 2: A Third Rate Burglary (Mick Gold, 1994)
• Watergate, Part 3 and Part 4: The Conspiracy Crumbles (Mick Gold, 1994)
• Watergate, Part 5: The Fall of a President (Mick Gold, 1994)
• Schmidt, William E., "Resurrecting an American Tragedy, BBC Series Lays Watergate Bare," The New York Times, May 16, 1994.
• CBS, "All the President's Men at 40"
• Watergate: The Secret Story (Mike Wallace, 1992)
• All the President's Men: Revisited (Peter Schnall, 2013)

 

Internet Sites Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Watergate
• The Washington Post, The Watergate Story
• Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers

 

 

6

Missing

(Costa-Gavras, 1982)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Petras, James and Betty Petras, "The Chilean Coup," Instant Research on Peace and Violence, 3/4 (1973), pp.163-176.
• Petras, James, "The Anatomy of State Terror: Chile, El Salvador and Brazil," Science & Society, 51/3 (Fall 1987), pp.314-338.
• Petras, James and Morris Morley, The United States and Chile: Imperialism and the Overthrow of the Allende Government (New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1975)
• Kay, Cristobal, "Chile: The Making of a Coup d'Etat," Science & Society, 39/1 (Spring 1975), pp.3-25.
• Moffitt, Michael, "Chicago Economics in Chile," Challenge, 20/4 (September-October 1977), pp.34-43.

 

Internet Sites Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Horman, Joyce, "Justice for Charles Horman and the Truth about the US and Chile's Coup," The Guardian, September 11, 2013

 

7

Under Fire

(Roger Spottiswoode, 1983)

 

Films and Documentaries on the Subject Matter:

• ABC's Bill Stewart Murder in Nicaragua, June 20, 1979
• Press Conference Following the Killing of ABC Newsman Bill Stewart, June 24, 1979
• El Asesinato de Somoza Debayle, September 17, 1980

 

Internet Sites Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• "Bill Stewart," Wikipedia
• Charlton, Linda, "ABC Reporter and Aide Killed by Soldier in Nicaraguan Capital," The New York Times, June 21, 1979
• Greenslade, Roy, "What Happens to Journalists Who Fall into the Wrong Hands," The Guardian, April 7, 2011
• Starr, Mark, "ABC Man Slain in Nicaragua," Chicago Tribune, June 21, 1979, Section 1, p.14.
• Center for Development in Central America, Your Nicaragua Cheat Sheet: All the Essentials in 2 Hours or Less (2012)

 

 

8

Primary Colors

(Mike Nichols, 1998)

 

(The Script of the Film Primary Colors)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Brennan, Matt, "Branding the Clintons: The Enduring Political Mythology of Primary Colors," Paste Magazine, June 2, 2016.
• Fasone, Briana, "The Most Famous Person You Don't Know: A Cultural History of Hillary Clinton," Broadly, February 15, 2016.
• Kirsch, Adam, "Bill Clinton and the Journalists Who Love-Hated Him," Bloomberg View, August 16, 2012.
• Morgenstern, Joe, "Primary Colors Proves Clinton a Better Actor than Travolta," The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 1998.
• Taylor, Charles, "A Second Look at Primary Colors: What Can It Tell Us about Hillary '08," Slate, September 4, 2007.
• Tunzelmann, Alex von, "Primary Colors: Fiction Takes Second Place to Fact," The Guardian, May 29, 2013.

 

 

9

W.

(Oliver Stone, 2008)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Bradshaw, Peter, "W," The Guardian, November 7, 2008.
• Breznican, Anthony, "First Look: Oliver Stone's W. Is Not Quite Out of Left Field," ABC News, September 24, 2008.
• Burkeman, Oliver, "W and I," The Guardian, October 4, 2008.
• Carroll, Larry, "Fact-Checking Oliver Stone's W.: Is the Film True to Life?" MTV News, October 8, 2008.
• Dargis, Manohla, "Oliver Stone's Vision Thing: Bush. The Family," The New York Times, October 16, 2008.
• Farndale, Nigel, "Josh Brolin on Playing George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's New Film," The Telegraph, October 23, 2008.
• Hoopes, Tom, "Oliver Stone's W. Backfires," CBS News, October 24, 2008.

 

 

10

Too Big to Fail

(Curtis Hansen, 2011)

 

 

11

Snowden

(Oliver Stone, 2016)

 

Materials Related to the Film and the Subject Matter:

• Sunstein, Cass R., "Beyond Cheneyism and Snowdenism," The University of Chicago Law Review, 83/1 (Winter 2016), pp.271-293.

 

Films and Documentaries on the Subject Matter:

• The Untold Story of Edward Snowden's Escape from Hong Kong and How You Can Help the Refugees Who Saved His Life