HISTORY OF POPULAR CINEMA - FMS255 Spring 2022
Course

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Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Birth of an Artform
Feb 9
Course Introduction, Film Aesthetics, The Cinema of Attractions |
2. Soviet Montage
Feb 16
Marxist Dialectics, The Five Methods of Montage, Spectrum of Cinematic Trends (1895-2020) |
3. German Expressionism
Feb 23
Modernism and the end of Goethe’s Germany, Expressionist Acting |
4. Pre-Code Hollywood
Mar 2
American Communism, The Hays Code |
5. The Studio System
Mar 9
Mavericks of the Studio System, Genre Films, Studio Aesthetics |
6. Film Noir
Mar 16
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7. Italian Neorealism
Mar 23
Telefoni Bianchi films and life as it is |
8. The French New Wave
Mar 30
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9. The British New Wave
Apr 13
Kitchen sink realism and the Angry Young Men |
10. New Hollywood
Apr 20
American Dystopia |
11. Postmodern Cinema
Apr 27
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12. Indie Cinema
May 4
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13. Bollywood
May 11
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14. Contemporary Cinema
May 18
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