For advertising, there's the classic "Sweet Smell of Success," but my favorite quirky, indicting film is "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" with Richard E. Grant. Re: music, there's so many. "Smithereens," "Times Square" "Desperately Seeking Susan" "This is Spinal Tap." Just way too many to name. You should look in Halliwell's or the back of Time Out for subjects. Television, that semi good film with Jim Carey where he lives his life being filmed, there was another variation on that theme made a couple of years later, just cannot think of the titles. Bet you get great responses!
Elizabeth >________________________________ > From: Sarah E. McCleskey <sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> >To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> >Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:13 PM >Subject: [Videolib] need film suggestions > > > >Dear CW, > >As the beginning of the semester looms, I have received this question >(below). Would love to hear your suggestions. I think she's looking for >feature films. > >Thanks!! > >I am teaching a course whose theme is American Popular Culture-- Advertising, >Television, Popular Music, Technology, Sports and Movies. If you could suggest >1 popular/notable film related to each of these themes I would really >appreciate it---I like to enhance my syllabus with films correlated to the themes of the course for the more visual learners. > > > > >Sarah McCleskey >sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu > >________________________________ > > >VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues >relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, >preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and >related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective >working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >distributors. > > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
