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.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Longer written assignments and presentations on methodology.
Athena Title
History of Cinema II
Prerequisite
FILM 2120
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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
Syllabus