Film Theory

This course surveys the issues that have sparked the greatest curiosity among film scholars throughout cinema's first century, such as: What is the specificity of the film image? What constitutes cinema as an art? How is authorship in the cinema to be accounted for? Is the cinema a language, or does it depart significantly from linguistic coordinates? How does one begin to construct a history of the cinema? What constitutes valid or useful film research? Readings will include Epstein, Eisenstein, Bazin, Truffaut, Wollen, Mulvey, Benjamin, Kracauer, and others. (Formerly FMMC 0344) (FMMC 0101 or FMMC 0102 or instructor approval) 3 hrs. lect./3 hrs. screen.

Schedule
11:00am-12:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday at AXN 220 (Feb 11, 2019 to May 13, 2019)
7:30pm-10:25pm on Tuesday at AXN 100 (Feb 11, 2019 to May 13, 2019)
Location
Axinn Center 220
Instructors