AP English Film Unit
For Daytrippers (1997):
Director: Greg Mottola
Writer: Greg Mottola
Stanley Tucci
Hope Davis
Pat McNamara
Anne Meara
Parker Posey
Liev Schreiber
Campbell Scott
Marc Grapey
Douglas McGrath
Louis D'Amico
Eliza Malone D'Amico
Jim Malone
Rita Malone
Jo Malone
Carl Petrovic
Eddie Masler
Aaron
Chap
Much of the film is about storytelling. What does the film suggest is most important
about the art of writing fiction for an audience? What does the film suggest about
telling fictions to oneself and to others in real life?
For Man on Wire (2008):
Philippe Petit
Jean François Heckel
Jean-Louis Blondeau
Annie Allix
David Forman
Alan Welner
Mark Lewis
Barry Greenhouse
Jim Moore
Paul McGill
David Demato
Ardis Campbell
Aaron Haskell
Shawn Dempewolff-Barrett
Himself
Jean François Heckel
Jean-Louis Blondeau
Annie Allix
David Forman
Alan Welner
Mark Lewis
Barry Greenhouse
Jim Moore
Philippe - Drama Reconstructions
Jean-Louis - Drama Reconstructions
Annie - Drama Reconstructions
Jean-François - Drama Reconstructions
David - Drama Reconstructions
Many people suggest Philippe Petit’s feat of walking on a wire is itself a work of art.
If this is so, what does the film communicate about the impact that a work of art can
have on an artist? on his friends? on a community?
For Waking Life (2001):
Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Richard Linklater
Trevor Jack Brooks
Lorelei Linklater
Wiley Wiggins
Glover Gill
Lara Hicks
Ames Asbell
Leigh Mahoney
Sara Nelson
Jeanine Attaway
Erik Grostic
Bill Wise
Robert Solomon
Kim Krizan
Eamonn Healy
J.C. Shakespeare
Ethan Hawke
Julie Delpy
Charles Gunning
David Sosa
Alex Jones
Otto Hofmann
Aklilu Gebrewold
Carol Dawson
Lisa Moore
Steve Fitch
Louis Mackey
Alex Nixon
Violet Nichols
Steven Prince
Ken Webster
Mary McBay
Kregg A. Foote
Jason T. Hodge
Guy Forsyth
John Christensen
Caveh Zahedi
David Jewell
Adam Goldberg
Nicky Katt
Jason Liebrecht
Brent Green
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Young Boy Playing Paper Game
Young Girl Playing Paper Game
Main Character
Accordion Player
Violin Player
Viola Player
Viola Player
Cello Player
Piano Player
Bass Player
Boat Car Guy
Philosophy Professor
Herself
Shape-Shifting Man
Burning Man
Jesse
Celine
Angry Man in Jail
Himself
Man in Car with P.A.
Himself
Himself
Coffee Shop Chatter
Coffee Shop Chatter
Chimpanzee
Himself
Man Writing a Novel at the Bar
Woman Talking to the Novel Writer
Man Talking to the Bartender
Bartender
Woman on TV
Man on TV
Man with the Long Hair
Himself
Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams
Himself
Man Talking to Caveh
One of Four Men
One of Four Men
One of Four Men (as E. Jason Liebrecht)
One of Four Men
R.C. Whittaker
Hymie Samuelson
David Martínez
Ryan Power
Tiana Hux
'Speed' Levitch
Steve Brudniak
Marta Banda
Steven Soderbergh
Charles Murdock
Mona Lee Fultz
Edith Mannix
Bess Cox
Louis Black
Richard Linklater
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Man on the Lamppost (as RC Whittaker)
Mr. Debord
Man on the Train (as David Martinez)
Young Disappearing Guy
Soap Opera Woman
Himself (as Speed Levitch)
Goatee Man
Friendly Girl
Interviewed on television
Old Man
Quiet Woman at Restaurant (as Mona Lee)
Older Artist in the Park
Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait
Kierkegaard Disciple
Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat
Among several of the speakers in the film is there a consistent message
communicated about the nature of being alive? Clearly state the implicit or explicit
arguments supporting the ideologies communicated by each person you choose.
Explain what these have in common.
For American Splendor (2003):
Directors:
Writers:
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Harvey Pekar (from the comic book series American Splendor), Joyce
Brabner, Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Paul Giamatti
Harvey Pekar
Earl Billings
James Urbaniak
Judah Friedlander
Toby Radloff
Maggie Moore
Hope Davis
Joyce Brabner
Harvey Pekar
Himself
Mr. Boats
Robert Crumb
Toby Radloff
Real Toby
Alice Quinn
Herself
Real Joyce
Through Harvey Pekar’s struggle to create, what does this film convey about
identity? In what way does Harvey explore different identities in his own life? In
what way does his writing (and the illustrations that accompany them) tell us about
the shifting nature of human identity?