FYSM 120 - Masterpieces and Milestones of French Cinema

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Trinity College

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In this seminar we will explore the key movements and main trends in French cinema since its inception in 1895. The early avant-garde, the New Wave, heritage cinema, and recent features filmed in the "banlieue" (the French city suburbs) are among the topics we will investigate. Skills you will acquire in this course include critical analysis, writing analyses of various topics in film, and reading film as an artistic medium; you will also expand your knowledge of French cinema and French cultural history -particularly as it is represented in the features and readings for the course. Throughout the semester we will study in specific works how French film has been a tool of social protest, an art form that expresses the unique creative vision of the filmmaker, and a model for the "remake" in numerous cultures. Knowledge of French is helpful but not required. Films may include but are not limited to René Clair's Freedom for Us [A Nous la liberté, 1930]; Fran ois Truffaut's 400 Blows; Godard's Breathless; Agnès Varda, Cleo from 5 to 7; Luc Besson's Nikita, films of Claude Berri, Manon des sources, Germinal. Jeunet's Amélie; Kassovitz's Hate; and the 2008 Cannes winner, Laurent Cantet 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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