from A Joan for All Seasons
My viewer’s guide to six 20th century movies about Joan of Arc, A Joan for All Seasons, is finished. I’ll be making it available on CD to participants in the lecture series I’m giving for the Osher Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas. A print copy will be available later.
The Osher program will consist of three sessions:
Monday, May 10
The Historical Joan of Arc, 4-5:30 p.m. Fayetteville GC, Room 107: what is known about her from the historical record.
Monday, May 17
The Cinematic Joan of Arc, 4-5:30 p.m., Fayetteville GC, Room 107: how she has been portrayed in six 20th century movies: Joan the Woman (1918), The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Joan of Arc (1948), Saint Joan (1957), Joan of Arc (1999), The Messenger (1999).
Monday, May 24
Showing of Victor Fleming’s uncut version of Joan of Arc, 2-5:30 p.m., Fayetteville GC, Room 107.
The contents of A Joan for All Seasons:
PART ONE: The Historical Joan
Introduction
Joan’s Personal World
Joan’s Political World
Joan’s Mission
Joan’s Military Career
Joan’s Last Year
Joan’s Afterlife
PART TWO: The Cinematic Joan
Overview
DeMille’s Joan the Woman (1917)
Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Fleming’s Joan of Arc (1948)
Preminger’s Saint Joan (1957)
1999 The Times
Duguay’s Joan of Arc (1999
Besson’s The Messenger (1999)
Conclusion