Material for Week 3

1. Upload to bCourses a ~500 word reflection on one difference between the script and screen versions of SIN NOMBRE, and the bearing that difference has on the quality of the film version.

2. Read Oedipus, Fagles trans. to line 572.

Oedipus_the_King_Fagles_translation.pdf

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Supporting Material - Optional

Here is a nice 2003 article about Robert McKee for you to peruse as you think about your essays.

The Real McKee _ The New Yorker.pdf

If you liked SIN NOMBRE, here's another very good contemporary film on the subject.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2042583/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

The Golden Dream (2013)

La jaula de oro (original title, tr. "The Cage of Gold")

Not Rated | 1h 48min | Drama | 9 May 2014 (Mexico)

A road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.

Director: Diego Quemada-Díez

Writers: Diego Quemada-Díez, Gibrán Portela, Lucía Carreras, Diego Quemada-Díez (story)

Stars: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez