Professor: From the Theater Department

Advisory

Must be eligible for English 151B & 163

Catalog Description:

This course examines the impact of film on our lives and history. Students will review films, and discuss and analyze techniques used. (Formerly HIST 131)

 

 

Course Content:

A.Structures of Reality
1. Chaplins Modern Times (1936)
B. German Expressionism
1. Josef von Sternbergs The Blue Angel (1930)
C. Archetypes and Mythologies
1. King Kong (1939)
D. The Cubist Perspective
1. Orson Welles Citizine Kane (1941)
E. Classic French Cinema
1. Jean Cocteaus Beauty and the Beast (1946)
F. Italian Neo-Realism
1. Federico Fellinis La Strada (1954)
G. Dreamscapes
1. Igmar Bergmans The Seventh Seal (1956)
H. The French New Wave
1. Alain Resnais Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
I. Surrealism
1. Luis Bunuels Viridiana (1961)
2. The Sixties: New English Cinema
3. Michael Cacoyannis Zorba the Greek (1964)
J. The Search for the Self
1. John Schlesingers Midnight Cowboy (1969)
K. The Seventies: German Neo-Expresionism
1. Werner Herzogs Nosferatu (1979)
L. The Samurai Tradition
1. Akira Kurosawas Kagemusha (1980)
M. America in the Eighties: Film Noir Revisited
1. David Lynchs Blue Velvet (1986)
N. The Nineties: New Asian Cinema + International Movements
O. Chen Kaiges Farewell My Concubine (1993)
P. Term Project Due

Please note that specific movies may vary from one semester to the next. R.

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