International Business Goes to the Movies
This course was taught by a Smeal College of Business professor from spring 2005 until fall 2015, and he showed movies from his personal collection. Now Netflix makes most of them available and easy to access. He really enjoyed sharing these glimpses into life in other countries with students, friends and family. Get some popcorn and enjoy!
Spring 2005
Series A: Cross-Cultural Encounters
• Lost in Translation (USA, 2003)
• The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan, 1993)
• Japanese Story (Australia, 2003)
• Nowhere in Africa (Germany, 2001)
• Dirty Pretty Things (UK, 2002)
Series B: Globalization Impacts
• Once Were Warriors (New Zealand, 1994)
• Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Germany, 1972)
• That's the Way I Like It (Singapore, 1998)
• Kini and Adams (Burkina Faso, 1997)
• Carmen (Spain, 1983)
Series C: International Classics
• The Blue Angel (Germany, 1930)
• Bicycle Thief (Italy, 1948)
• Rashomon (Japan, 1951)
• Jules and Jim (France, 1962)
• Black Orpheus (Brazil, 1959)
Fall 2005
Series A: Cross Cultural Encounters
• House of Sand and Fog (USA, 2003)
• Walkabout (Australia, 1971)
• East is East (UK, 1999)
• The Way Home (Korea, 2002)
• Osama (Afghanistan, 2003)
Series B: International Road Trips
• La Strada (Italy, 1954)
• Bye Bye Brazil (Brazil, 1980)
• Cobra Verde (Germany, 1987)
• The King of Masks (Hong Kong, 1996)
• The Sheltering Sky (Italy, 1990)
Series C: Professor's Favorites
• Seventh Seal (Sweden, 1957)
• The Third Man (UK, 1949)
• Tokyo Story (Japan, 1953)
• Grand Illusion (France, 1937)
• Viridiana (Spain, 1961)
Spring 2006
Series A: Cross Cultural Stories
• Touch of Evil (USA, 1958)
• Good Bye, Lenin! (Germany, 2003)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia, 2002)
• The Cup (Bhutan, 1999)
• Shall We Dance? (Japan, 1996)
Series B: War Stories
• Paths of Glory (UK, 1957)
• The Nasty Girl (Germany, 1990)
• Maria Full of Grace (Columbia, 2004)
• Divided We Fall (Czech Republic, 2001)
• Twilight Zone Trilogy (USA, 1959-64)
Series C: The Wonders of Children
• Cinema Paradiso (Italy, 1989)
• Central Station (Brazil, 1998)
• Whale Rider (New Zealand, 2002)
• Noi (Iceland, 2003)
• Children of Heaven (Iran, 1997)
Fall 2006
Series A: More Film Classics
• A Tribute to Chaplin: Modern Times (USA, 1936)/City Lights (USA, 1931)
• Wild Strawberries (Sweden, 1957)
• The Rules of the Game (France, 1939)
• Yojimbo (Japan, 1961)
• The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Spain/France, 1972)
Series B: Journeys and Adventures
• Land and Freedom (UK/Spain, 1995)
• Not One Less (China, 1999)
• The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italy, 1970)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil/Argentina, 2004)
• Kekexili (China, 2004)
Series C: Unusual Love Stories
• Amarcord (Italy, 1973)
• The Piano (Australia/New Zealand, 1993)
• Tilai (Burkina Faso, 1990)
• Twilight Zone Trilogy 2 (USA, 1959-64)
• Kolya (Czechoslovakia, 1996)
Spring 2007
Series A: This Sporting Life
• The Emperor's Club (US, 2002)
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (UK, 1962)
• Palombella rossa (Italy, 1989)
• Scream of Stone (Germany, 1991)
• The Grifters (US, 1990)
Series B: Music Makes The World Go Round
• The Music Teacher (Belgium, 1988)
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France, 1964)
• Streets of Fire (US, 1984)
• The Harmonists (Germany, 1997)
• The Commitments (Ireland, 1991)
Series C: Modern Conflicts
• The Crime of Padre Amaro (Mexico, 2002)
• Broken Wings (Israel, 2002)
• Mondays in the Sun (Spain, 2002)
• Turtles Can Fly (Iraq, 2004)
• Up and Down (Czech Republic, 2004)
Fall 2007
Series A: "New Wave" Cinema
• Breathless (France, 1960)
• The Marriage of Maria Braun (Germany, 1979)
• Raise the Red Lantern (China, 1991)
• City of Men (Brazil, 2002-05)
• Italian for Beginners (Denmark, 2000)
Series B: Films from Eastern Europe
• My 20th Century (Hungary, 1989)
• The Decalogue (Episodes 1 and 6) (Poland, 1989)
• No Man's Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001)
• Canary Season (Bulgaria, 1993)
• Dark Blue World (Czech Republic, 2001)
Series C: "Back by Popular Demand”: Student Favorites
• The Grand Illusion (France, 1937) / The Blue Angel (Germany, 1930)
• The Bicycle Thief (Italy, 1948)
• Maria Full of Grace (Columbia, 2004)
• Osama (Afghanistan, 2003)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil/Argentina, 2004)
Spring 2008
Series A: Interesting Journeys
• Lost Horizon (US, 1937)
• Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Germany, 1972)
• Landscape in the Mist (Greece, 1988)
• Russian Ark (Russian, 2002)
• Hideous Kinky (UK, 1998)
Series B: Conflicts
• The Man Without a Past (Finland, 2002)
• Contempt (France, 1963)
• Tsotsi (South Africa, 2005)
• The Story of Qui Ju (China, 1992)
• This Land is Mine (US/France, 1943)
Series C: Cities and Cinema
• City of Joy (US/India, 1992)
• The Third Man (UK, 1949)
• Death in Venice (Italy, 1971)
• City of God (Brazil, 2002)
• Fellini’s Roma (Italy, 1972)
Fall 2008
Series A: Modern Conflicts II
• Glengarry GlenRoss (USA, 1992)
• Baran (Iran, 1999)
• Cinema Paradiso (Italy, 1989)
• On a Clear Day (UK, 2004)
• Weekend (France, 1967)
Series B: Communication Problems
• Forbidden Games (France, 1952)
• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Germany, 1974)
• The Passion of Anna (Sweden, 1970)
• The Spirit of the Beehive (Spain, 1973)
• Beyond Silence (Germany, 1999)
Series C: Love Stories in Asian Cinema
• Ugetsu (Japan, 1953)
• The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnam, 1993)
• That’s The Way I like It (Singapore, 1998)
• Curse of the Golden Flower (China, 2007)
• The Way Home (South Korea, 2002)
Spring 2009
Series A: Unusual Romantic Tales
• A Tribute to Hollywood: Maltese Falcon (USA, 1941)/Now, Voyager (USA, 1942)
• Le Jour Se Leve (France, 1939)
• Princess Yang Kwai Fei (Japan, 1955)
• The Crime of Padre Amaro (Mexico, 2002)
• Flowers of Shanghai (Taiwan, 1998)
Series B: Art in Film
• Divertimento (France, 1993)
• Carmen Jones (USA, 1954)
• King of Masks (Hong Kong, 1996)
• The Red Violin (Canada, 1998)
• Buena Vista Social Club (Germany, 1999)
Series C: Impact of War
• Umberto D (Italy, 1952)
• One Were Warriors (New Zealand, 1994)
• Tea With Mussolini (Italy, 1999)
• Divided We Fall (Czech Republic, 2000)
• The Lives of Others (Germany, 2006)
Fall 2009
Series A: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock
• Shadow of a Doubt (US, 1943)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (UK, 1934)
• The 39 Steps (UK, 1935)
• Notorious (UK, 1946)
• Saboteur (UK, 1942)
Series B: Stories About Children
• Rabbit Proof Fence (Australia, 2002)
• Central Station (Brazil, 1998)
• Not One Less (China, 1999)
• Kolya (Czech Republic, 1996)
• Bye Bye (France, 1995)
Series C: Repeat Showings of Student Favorites: Classics
• The Seventh Seal (Sweden, 1957)
• Jules and Jim (France, 1962)
• Amacord (Italy, 1973)
• Tokyo Story (Japan, 1953)
• Viridiana (Spain, 1961)
Spring 2010
Series A: New and Repeated Journeys
• A Tribute to Frank Capra: Lost Horizon (USA, 1937); It Happened One Night (USA, 1934)
• Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Germany, 1972)
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil/Argentina, 2004)
• Italian for Beginners (Denmark, 2000)
• Marooned in Iraq (Iran, 2002)
Series B: Teaching is a Dangerous Profession
• The Blue Angel (Germany, 1930)
• The Music Teacher (Belgium, 1988)
• Le Boucher (France, 1970)
• Oleanna (USA, 1994)
• Ciao, Professore! (Italy, 1992)
Series C: Cinema from Unexpected Places
• Kini and Adams (Burkina Faso, 1997)
• The Children of Heaven (Iran, 1997)
• Kekexili (China, 2004)
• The Cup (Bhutan, 1999)
• Osama (Afghanistan, 2003)
Fall 2010
Series A: Films about Film Making
• Sunset Boulevard (USA, 1950)
• Contempt (France, 1963)
• The Star Maker (Italy, 1995)
• Beware of a Holy Whore (Germany, 1971)
• Day for Night (France, 1973)
Series B: International Comedies
• Chaplin Tribute: Modern Times (USA, 1936)
• Shall We Dance? (Japan, 1996)
• Johnny Stecchino (Italy, 1991)
• The Man Without a Past (Finland, 2002)
• Men at Work (Iran, 2006)
Series C: The Best of 1948/1949
• Bicycle Thief (Italy, 1948)
• Crows and Sparrows (China, 1949)
• The Lady from Shanghai (USA, 1948)
• The Third Man (UK, 1949)
• Stray Dog (Japan, 1949)
Spring 2011
Series A: Medieval Stories
• The Virgin Spring (Sweden, 1960)
• Rashomon (Japan 1950)
• The Devils (UK, 1970)
• Alexander Nevsky (Russia, 1938)
• Lancelot of the Lake (France, 1975)
Series B: Tales about the Middle East
• House of Sand and Fog (USA, 2003)
• A Talking Picture (Portugal/Brazil, 2003)
• Yellow Asphalt (Israel, 2004)
• Turtles Can Fly (Iraq, 2004)
• Ameerka (Palestine, 2009)
Series C: Modern Soon‐to‐be Classics
• Whale Rider (New Zealand, 2002)
• Run Lola Run (Germany, 1998)
• Life is Beautiful (Italy, 1997)
• Up and Down (Czech Republic, 2004)
• Tsotsi (South Africa, 2005)
Fall 2011:
Series A: The World of Trains
• Strangers on a Train (USA, 1951)
• Closely Watched Trains (Czechoslovakia, 1966)
• Kontroll (Hungrary, 2005)
• Central Station (Brazil, 1998)
• Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (Australia, 1987)
Series B: Venice on Film
• Eva (USA, 1962)
• Death in Venice (Italy, 1971)
• Dangerous Beauty (USA, 1997)
• Bread and Tulips (Italy, 2000)
• Venice/Venice (USA, 1992)
Series C: Stories During War Time
• A Tribute to Chaplin: The Great Dictator, (USA, 1940)
• Grand Illusion (France, 1937)
• Curse of the Golden Flower (China, 2005)
• Joyeux Noel (France, 2005)
• No Man’s Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001)
Spring 2012
Series A: A Tribute to David Mamet
• House of Games (USA, 1987)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (USA, 1992)
• Oleanna (USA, 1994)
• The Spanish Prisoner (USA, 1998)
• The Grifters (USA, 1991) (not Mamet)
Series B: The Best of the 1950s
• Touch of Evil (USA, 1958)
• Forbidden Games (France, 1952)
• Ikiru (Japan, 1952)
• Black Orpheus (Brazil, 1959)
• Nights of Cabiria (Italy, 1957)
Series C: New and True
• Sophie Scholl (Germany, 2005)
• Vincere (Italy, 2009)
• Beautiful Boxer (Thailand, 2004)
• Black and White (Australia, 2002)
• Blind Mountain (China, 2007)
Fall 2012
Series A: Modern Czech Cinema
• Kolya (1996)
• Divided We Fall (2000)
• Dark Blue World (2001)
• Up and Down (2004)
• Goya’s Ghosts (2006)
Series B: Remembrance of Things Past
• Wild Strawberries (Sweden, 1957)
• Cinema Paradiso (Italy, 1988)
• Antonia’s Line (The Netherlands, 1995)
• Once Were Warriors (New Zealand, 1994)
• The Earrings of Madame de … (France, 1953)
Series C: Repeat Showings of Student Favorites: Road Trips
• Lost Horizon (USA, 1937)
• Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Germany, 1972)
• Maria Full of Grace (Colombia, 2004)
• The Way Home (Korea, 2002)
• Buena Vista Social Club (Germany, 1999)
Spring 2013
Series A: Cities in Movies
Midnight in Paris (USA, 2001)
Gloomy Sunday (Germany, 1999)
Slumdog Millionaire (UK/India, 2008)
Fellini’s Roma (Italy, 1972)
Le Havre (Finland, 2011)
Series B: Unusual Stories from Northern Europe
Noi (Iceland, 2003)
Dot the I (UK, 2003)
The Man without a Past (Finland, 2002)
In a Better World (Denmark, 2010)
The Dress (The Netherlands, 1996)
Series C: Classics from East Asia
Tokyo Story (Japan, 1953)
Raise the Red Lantern (China, 1991)
The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan, 1993)
That’s the Way I Like It (Singapore, 1998)
The King of Masks (Hong Kong, 1997)
Fall 2013
Series A: Blame It On Fate
A Tribute to Frank Capra: It Happened One Night (USA, 1934) or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (USA, 1939)
The Celebration (Denmark, 1998)
Whale Rider (New Zealand, 2002)
Curse of the Golden Flower (China, 2006)
Black Orpheus (Brazil, 1959)
Series B: Art and Artists
42nd Street (USA, 1933)
My Left Foot (Ireland, 1989)
Four Minutes (Germany, 2006)
Shall We Dance? (Japan, 1996)
Tango (Spain, 1998)
Series C: Famous Directors from France and Italy
Grand Illusion (France, 1937)
Breathless (France, 1960)
Cinema Paradiso (Italy, 1988)
Jules and Jim (France, 1962)
Life is Beautiful (Italy, 1997)
Spring 2014
Series A: Unusual Friendships
The Piano (Australia/New Zealand, 1993)
Central Station (Brazil, 1998)
The Crime of Padre Amano (Mexico, 2002)
Kini and Adams (Burkina Faso, 1997)
Italian for Beginners (Denmark, 2000)
Series B: The World of Music
Quartet (USA, 2012)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France, 1964))
The Drummer (Hong Kong, 2003)
Carmen Jones (USA, 1954)
The Harmonists (Germany, 1997)
Series C: Ahh! The Classics!
The Blue Angel (Germany, 1930)
Rashomon (Japan, 1950)
Bicycle Thief (Italy, 1948)
The Third Man (UK, 1949)
The Rules of the Game (France, 1939)
Fall 2014
Series A: War Sans Battlefields
This Land is Mine (USA/France, 1943)
The Burmese Harp (Japan, 1956)
La France (France, 2007)
No Man’s Help (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001)
The Flowers of War (China, 2011)
Series B: Chaplin Avec Sound & Welles Sans Kane
City Lights (USA, 1931)
Touch of Evil (USA, 1958)
The Great Dictator (USA, 1940)
The Lady from Shanghai (USA, 1947)
Modern Times (USA, 1936)
Series C: Modern Italian Classics
Il Postino (Italy, 1994)
Swept Away (Italy, 1974)
Johnny Stecchino (Italy, 1991)
Malena (Italy, 2000)
The Garden of the Finzi-Contini’s (Italy, 1970)
Spring 2015
Series A: Before & After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Closely Watched Trains (Czechoslovakia, 1966)
The Firemen’s Ball (Czechoslovakia, 1967)
Good Bye, Lenin! (Germany, 2003)
Kolya (Czech Republic, 1996)
The Lives of Others (Germany, 2006)
Series B: It’s a Children’s World
The Children of Heaven (Iran, 1997)
Whale Rider (New Zealand, 2002)
Vitus (Switzerland, 2006)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (France, 1987)
The Way Home (South Korea, 2002)
Series C: The Best of the 1950s
Strangers on a Train (USA, 1951)
La Strada (Italy, 1954)
Wild Strawberries (Sweden, 1957)
Tokyo Story (Japan, 1953)
Black Orpheus (Brazil/France, 1959)
Fall 2015
Series A: Cross-Cultural Encounters Once Again
Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia, 2002)
Left Luggage (Belgium/The Netherlands, 1998)
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (German, 1972)
Osama (Afghanistan, 2003)
That’s The Way I Like It (Singapore, 1998)
Series B: Early (1930’s) Classics from France and the US
Lost Horizon (USA, 1937)
The Blue Angel (US/German, 1930)
Le Jour Se Leve (France, 1939
Grand Illusion (France, 1937)
It Happened One Night (USA, 1934)
Series C: Student Cult Classics
Antonia’s Line (The Netherlands, 1995)
Beautiful Boxer (Thailand, 2004)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil/Argentina, 2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan, 2000)
Viridiana (Mexico/Spain, 1961)