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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
See description for ENG 431.
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3.00 Credits
The Coen Brothers' body of film work is known for its quirky, often stylized, sometimes violent depiction of American life. This course explores the development of the Coen Brothers' original filmmaking style and themes. Same as MDIA 450.
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3.00 Credits
Viewing and discussion of works from the entire range of Alfred Hitchcock's career. Emphasis on narrative forms, themes and motifs, technical devices. Attention to technical film vocabulary, narratology, and critical approaches to film. Same as MDIA 451.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes the concepts and vocabulary of contemporary film studies. Analysis of the works of Kubrick, director of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, and other films. Same as MDIA 452.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines American movie comedies from the silent era to the present, asking questions about genre (what is comedy?) and context (what can comedies tell us about American culture and its history?). Particular emphasis is given to silent film slapstick, the sophisticated "screwball" comedy of the 1930s, the varieties of comedy during the 1950s and 1960s, the anarchic teen comedy of the last 20 years, as well as animated films. Same as MDIA 453.
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of ENG 453.
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3.00 Credits
Crime films are examined from both cinematic and cultural-sociological perspectives. Main emphasis is on the American genre: gangster films of the 1930s, film noir of the 1940s-1950s, and The Godfather and other organized-crime films of the 1970s and beyond. An international perspective is provided by selections from German, French, Japanese, and British cinema. Readings in film theory and crime fiction supplement film showings. Same as MDIA 455.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores science fiction as a genre. Readings and discussions will focus on the characteristics shared by science fiction texts of many kinds, while considering how the specific qualities of different media become engaged with the thematic and narrative structures of different science fictions. Mandatory screenings will be arranged for several evenings during the semester. Same as MDIA 456.
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3.00 Credits
Examines ways in which film has addressed questions of religious practice and belief. Screenings include A Man for All Seasons, Song of Bernadette, Holy Ghost People, Jesus of Montreal, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Apostle. Same as MDIA 458.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to basic concepts in film studies, historiography, and the relationship between these two modes of representation. Considers how filmmakers and historians have grappled with the past in their respective representations of several significant historical episodes, including American slavery, the American Civil War, the sinking of the Titanic, World War II, the Holocaust, the Viet Nam War. Same as MDIA 460.
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