FILM 218 - Theories of Film

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

An introduction to the major developments in classic and contemporary film theory and criticism. The course covers key texts (Kracauer, Eisenstein, Bazin, Metz, Mulvey, Bordwell) and examines the cultural contexts that gave rise to these debates and arguments. Among the issues under review: the specificity of film form; cinematic realism; the politics and ideology of cinema; the relation between cinema and language; the way meaning is constructed in the process of viewing a film; spectatorship, identification, and subjectivity; the representation of women and racial and sexual minorities; and the formation of film canons and hierarchies. The syllabus pairs writings on a central principle of film analysis with cinematic examples.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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