ENGL 2068 - The U.S. New Wave in Cinema: 1967-1975

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University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

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This course examines a distinctive period of creativity and innovation in U.S. filmmaking occasioned by a cluster of historical forces. Responding to a string of big-budget failures under the old studio system, producers began to support young, marginal filmmakers who rebelled against cinematic and social mores and transformed the cinema from a producer's medium to a director's medium. Key texts will include Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967), John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969), Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), and Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). Students will interact with this material using digital capture and video editing techniques to create presentations animated by excerpts (film clips) of various films.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uc.edu

Phone Number:

(513) 556-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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