Mondays, October 20, 27 November 3, 10, 17, 24
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

In Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning Schindler’s List (1993), a character quotes from scripture: “He who saves a life saves the world entire.” Through scene-byscene analysis, this course explores variations on this theme across a selection of Spielberg films. With a focus on dialogue and action that reveal characters’ inner beliefs and moral choices, this course examines how the world is saved—or not. The class analyzes the following films: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, Saving Private Ryan, Munich, and of course, Schindler’s List.

Bernard (Butch) Epps earned his undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University, graduating cum laude as an award-winning film production major. He received his MFA from the UCLA School of Film and Television’s graduate Producers Program, where he specialized in story development and working with screenwriters.