GER 345 - The Haunted Screen? Art, History, and Memory in German Film

Institution:

Catholic University of America

Subject:

German

Description:

From the haunted world of Nosferatu to the explosive populism of Run Lola Run, we trace the role of art in film and the interweaving of cinema and history in the German and European context. What role does visual art play in film? What kind of "moveable" art is film? We will then reflect upon the filmic experience of individual and collective memory. Does film reflect history or create it? What happens when the most human of experiences--memory and personal history--are transformed into flickering lights and elevated into a film experience? We will lean to read film and film theory, with special attention to the ways literature, history and visual culture inflect how we see and experience films.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cua.edu

Phone Number:

(202) 319-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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