Course ID: | FILM 4260/6260. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. |
Course Title: | History of Cinema II (1945-1990) |
Course Description: | The historical study of international cinema and film practice
from the World War II era to 1990, with emphasis on cinema's
global narrative, artistic, technological, and industrial
developments in the post-WWII and pre-digital era. |
Oasis Title: | History of Cinema II |
Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Upon completion of this course, the successful student will be able to trace major
movements and issues in narrative film history from the end of World War II until
the late 1990s and will have written a substantial essay on a selected topic
within the period. |
Topical Outline: | Attendance at weekly screenings and announced additional
films, round tables, etc., required.
1. American Cinema in the Postwar Era 1946-1960
2. Postwar European Cinema: Italian, Neo-realism, Spain
3. Postwar European Cinema: France, Scandinavia, and Britain
4. Postwar Cinema Beyond the West: Japan and China
5. Art Cinema and the Idea of Authorship
6. New Waves and Young Cinemas: Europe in the 1950s-1970s
7. Documentary and Experimental Cinema in the Postwar Era,
1945-mid 60s
8. Latin American Cinema in the 1950s-1980s
9. Critical Political Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s
10. Documentary and Experimental Film
11. Soviet and Eastern Bloc Cinema
12. Post-1968 European Cinema
13. New Cinemas and New Developments: India, China, and Hong
Kong
14. New Cinemas in Developing Countries: Africa, Middle East,
and Beyond
15. "New Hollywood," Changing Business Models, and Rise of
Independent Cinema |
Honor Code Reference: | The University of Georgia has a strongly worded policy concerning academic
dishonesty. Please refer to the University Student Handbook regarding this policy.
Violation of this policy will be reported to the appropriate university official
for investigation and disciplinary action. |