learning french in the age of mechanical reproduction

Extra Credit is being offered if you go to see Michael Haneke’s film Amour.  To receive extra credit you must do the following:

-save your ticket stub and turn it into me with your name on it

Answer the following questions and turn them in with your ticket stub:

What do you think happens to the husband at the end of the film and why?

What is the significance of the pigeons in the film?  Do an internet search according to the context of their appearance in the film and explain how Haneke uses them to tell the story.

Watch Jean-Louis Trintignant when he was young, as the movie star he is known as, long before playing this brave role as an aged man.  In Un homme et une femme (1966) de Claude Lelouch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6q2uvZziOI

Read the Notes culturelles section on page 3 of Mais Oui. In your first post, describe polite ways to greet someone or to take leave in your culture. Post a comment below with your written or video responses below. Due Tuesday 2/12.