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Film School Drop Outs – Weekly Challenge 2020

Introduction
From the pioneers of film to post-digital trailblazers, the aim of this challenge is to take you on an adventure through the history of film.
This challenge will take place across the 52 weeks of 2020. Each week will address a new topic that will provide signposts through your journey. The goal is to watch at least one film each week that will expand your experience of film.
The syllabus can be found below. Each weeks topic will be accompanied by a link to a list of suggested films but feel free to choose any film that you feel meets that week's subject.See the List notes for weekly dates and tags.



The Weekly Topics (Also in Notes)
Week 01…

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1

  • Sunset Boulevard

    2

  • Shanghai Express

    3

  • Magnolia

    4

  • The Band Wagon

    5

  • The Goddess

    6

  • You Can't Take It with You

    7

  • The Blood of Jesus

    8

  • Metropolis

    9

  • The Public Enemy

    10

  • Dance, Girl, Dance

    11

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    12

  • The Great Dictator

    13

  • Sullivan's Travels

    14

  • The Young and the Damned

    15

  • The Maltese Falcon

    16

  • Carmen Jones

    17

  • The Hitch-Hiker

    18

  • Johnny Guitar

    19

  • Cat People

    20

  • The Seventh Seal

    21

  • Pather Panchali

    22

  • Forbidden Planet

    23

  • Seven Samurai

    24

  • The Square

    25

  • Psycho

    26

  • The Ladykillers

    27

  • Ashes and Diamonds

    28

  • The Housemaid

    29

  • Rocco and His Brothers

    30

  • The Star

    31

  • Midnight Cowboy

    32

  • In the Heat of the Night

    33

  • The Andromeda Strain

    34

  • All the President's Men

    35

  • Seven Beauties

    36

  • A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    37

  • House

    38

  • The Heartbreak Kid

    39

  • Kramer vs. Kramer

    40

  • Persona

    41

  • The Birdcage

    42

  • The Wicker Man

    43

  • The Outsiders

    44

  • A Touch of Sin

    45

  • Bottle Rocket

    46

  • Beau Travail

    47

  • Memories of Murder

    48

  • Never Let Me Go

    49

  • Toni Erdmann

    50

  • Laurence Anyways

    51

  • Meet Me in St. Louis

    52

  • Close-Up

    53