FLM 325 - French New Wave Cinema

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Muhlenberg College

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This course explores the very rich period in French Cinema during the 1950s and 1960s that is known as the French New Wave ( La Nouvelle Vague). Spearheaded by a group of young directors who also wrote their own screenplays (Truffaut, Godard, Malle, Chabrol, Resnais, among others), this movement gave rise to ?e cinema d'auteur as an innovative and influential way to produce films. To understand this very importantfilm movement, we will study the uses of script, image, and sound in the films themselves with special emphasis on storyline, subplot, and character. We will also pay considerable attention to the cultural and economic contexts in which the films were produced and the biographies of the directors themselves. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.muhlenberg.edu

Phone Number:

(484) 664-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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