Here are two, optional Reading Journal assignments.  Feel free to write about one or both.

1/ Compare and contrast the Dr. Edgemar scene in Verhoeven’s _Total Recall_ with the “Red Pill/Blue Pill” scene in _The Matrix_.  What connects these two scenes?  Are they in dialogue?  Why or why not?  Does one help explicate the other?  Please explain.

Total Recall Dr. Edgemar Scene: 1:18:00 in the pirated YouTube version [Here is a link to a better version (Thanks, Josh!): Total Recall Part I; Total Recall Part II]

The Matrix Pill Scene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ1_IbFFbzA

Verhoeven Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_11CaTZHyM

2/ Review the materials and questions we discussed in class on Wednesday, March 29.  Respond to one or more of the questions in your reading journal.

If you are interested in reading further about the “language of film,” here are a few things to read:

“How To Read a Film” by Prof. Mulready

“The Language of Film” by Michael Wohl (2008)