Course Description
The history of international film from 1990 to the present, with emphasis on cinema’s global narrative, artistic, technological, and industrial developments, including the implications of digital production and exhibition in Hollywood and beyond.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional readings from academic and archival sources,
increased written assignments incorporating primary research
aimed at an academic level of publication and/or
presentations on historiography, and critical methodology
equivalent to an academic conference.
Athena Title
History of Cinema III
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 1990, through the rise of digital technology, up to the present, and assigns a substantial essay to be written on a selected topic within the period.
Topical Outline
Attendance at weekly screenings is required. 1. New Hollywood and the Rise of the Blockbuster 2. Global Film and Media Culture 3. Eastern European Cinema after the Soviet Bloc 4. Contemporary Asian Film 5. National Cinema in a Global Marketplace 6. Documentary and Experimental Cinema in the Digital Age 7. Middle Eastern and African Cinema 8. Contemporary American Independent Cinema 9. Shifts in Audience and Production: Race and Gender 10. Contemporary African American Cinema 11. Contemporary Latin American Cinema 12. The Digital Revolution: Changes for Production, Distribution, and Exhibition 13. European Cinema Today 14. Hollywood Today: New Stories, Styles, Technologies
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