Blade Runner and Maltese Falcon Assignments

Finish The Maltese Falcon for Tues/Wed October 26/27. Be ready for seriously ridiculous quizzes of stupefying magnitude(s)!

Respond to one of the following prompts:

• Look up a review for Blade Runner -- agree/disagree with it (provide the link).
• Discuss Gaff's origami and match-stick work.
• So... Deckard's an android, eh? So what?
• Discuss Scott's artistic choices in adapting the novel to the screen.
• Discuss Scott's choice of pervasive darkness for the tone -- does it work?
• Discuss the retro/noir elements of BR -- do they work?
• Come up w/your own question and discuss it.

***Extra Credit Prompt: Examine Roy's use (misquote) of William Blake's poem "America: A Prophesy" ("Fiery the angels fell...) -- how does it inform the narrative of BR?

And respond to one of these following prompts:

• Compare and Contrast Spade and Deckard (novel Deckard).
• Compare and Contrast the writing styles of Hammett and Dick. (Either of these is "essay-worthy" if you're up for it.)
• Put a character from DADOES in a scene with a character from TMF.
• If Brigid were an android, would Spade still love/hate her?