Your questions should encourage the exchange of ideas between you and your peers. Think hard about ideas that relate to the heart of the film, how it's made, and what it achieves as a story. Write down clip descriptions that your questions relate to and be ready to share them with your group.
You might consider interesting choices in camera work or editing, motifs that clarify the meaning of the film, features of the narrative that make the story compelling, etc.
This is a great film to extend your thinking about the language of film--so ask yourself, what did this film teach you beyond Rushmore? And was the film more engaging for being artistic and creative, perhaps more complex than our first film? Also, are there any interesting connections you made between the film and the comic?
Be ready to voice your questions to your group and to the class--we'll go around the room and address these questions to get us into deeper discussion.
And here are the basic questions we should ask about everything we watch or read:
- Who is the narrator? (even if the narrator is not a character, there is one)
- From what point of view is the story being told?
- How would you describe the shape of the plot?
- Which events would you consider major turning points in the story?
- Are there patterns or motifs that draw our attention to important themes?
