English 260 - Film Studies

Institution:

Macalester College

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Description:

This course will consider film as an audiovisual art form, with attention to developments in cinema technology throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Course will likely focus on a particular genre (Western, War, Horror, Film Noir, Gangster, Documentary), national cinema (French, Italian, British, Irish), or auteur director (John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee). Close reading of films in conversation with film and cultural theory. Required weekly film screenings. Offered every year. (4 credits)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.macalester.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 696-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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