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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Presents an aerial survey of the history of Western drama as represented in film: Greek drama, the Elizabethans, Ibsen/Strindberg to O'Neill/Williams, Beckett, etc. Prereq., FILM 1502. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051.
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3.00 Credits
Examines color and cinema from historical, technological, aesthetic and theoretical perspectives. Students will be required to complete both creative and scholarly assignments.
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3.00 Credits
Serious investigation of the horror film genre as well as its origins in, and relation to, works of romanticist literature (e.g., Poe, Shelley). Issues include: the relation of fantasy and reality; gender in horror film; psychological issues raised by the films; historical issues generated by the genre. Prereq., FILM 1502. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051.
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3.00 Credits
Lect. and lab. Prepares students for advanced Film Critical Studies work. Subject matter varies from semester to semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours, provided topics are different. Prereq., FILM 1502 or instructor consent. Restricted to FILM or FMST majors.
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4.00 Credits
Intensive introduction to film history from 1895 to 1935. Topics covered include the beginnings of motion picture photography, the growth of narrative complexity from Lumiere to Griffith, American silent comedy, Soviet theories of montage, German expressionist films, and the transition to sound. Prereq., FILM 1502.
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4.00 Credits
Starts with the late 1930s and early 1940s films of Renoir and Welles and follows the historical growth and evolution of film aesthetics to the present. Studies Italian neorealist, French new wave, and recent experimental films, as well as the films of major auteur figures such as Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Hitchcock, Bunuel, Antonioni, and Coppola. Prereqs., FILM 1502 and 3051, or instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the relationship between American films of the 1980s and '90s and their cultural and historical context. Includes films by Lynch, Stone, Solondz, Scott, Scorsese, Lee, Duyne, Lemmons, Tarantino, Altman. Controlled enrollment. Prereqs., FILM 1502, 3051, 3061, and instructor consent.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the relationship between American films from the mid-1940s to the present day and their cultural and historical context. Includes films by Capra, Curtiz, Frankenheimer, Kazan, Kramer, Jewison, Wexler, Pakula, Cimino, Fincher, Lynch, Stone, and Lee. Priority is given to students who have taken both semesters of Film History (FILM 3051 and 3061). Prereqs., FILM 1502. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the range and function of film criticism, introduces major positions and concepts of film theory, and focuses on students' abilities to write about film. Prereq., FILM 1502. Same as HUMN 3104.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the roots of live television and anthologies of the fifties. Examines several of the most interesting and radical Hollywood directors, writers, and actors of the sixties and seventies who emerged from this "golden age" of television: Frankenheimer, Penn, Altman, Lumet, Cassavetes, Serling, and Chayevsky. Prereq., FILM 1502.
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