FREN-UA 778 - History of French Cinema

Institution:

New York University

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Description:

Surveys French cinema from 1895 to the present day. Formal issues are discussed in the context of French civilization. Students are required to regularly cross the perspectives of history and cinema studies. The following movements and schools are discussed: the Lumière brothers' realism versus Méliès's transformation of reality; the international avant-garde of the 1920s (impressionism, surrealism, dadaism); poetic realism (Vigo, Carné, Renoir); the New Wave (Truffaut, Godard, Resnais); political modernism in the context of May 1968; the advent of the "Cinéma du Look"; and postmodernity (Besson, Beineix).

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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