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21G.052 French Film Classics | Global Studies and Languages

21G.052 French Film Classics | Global Studies and Languages

This course covers the history and aesthetics of French cinema from the advent of sound to present-day. It treats films in the context of technical processes, the art of narration, directorial style, role of the scriptwriter, the development of schools and movements, the impact of political events and ideologies, and the relation between French and other national cinemas. Taught in English, the films are screened with English subtitles. Students may complete written assignments in French.
Keywords:
Les Valseuses, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jacques Cousteau, Realism, Jean Epstein, Jean Renoir, Bande de filles, The Left Bank, Diva, Cluzot, Le corbeau, Intouchables, Mattheiu Kassovitz, Occupation & Liberation, Nikita, popular Film, BarthesCésaire, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Jean-Luc Besson, the Popular Frot, Maghrebi-French (Beur), Simone de Beauvoir, french film, Catherine Deneuve, Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, Brigitte Bardot, Henri Langlois and the Cinémathèque française, 1970s Sex and Sectarianism, Breathless: Jean-Luc Godard, Bertrand Blier, Gérard Oury, La Haine, cult film, Roger Vadim, François Truffaut, Jacques Demy, cult classic, the new wave, Stanley Donen, Céline Sciamma, La Grande Illusion, Les parapluies de Cherboug, Funny Face, Amélie, Film and Video, France, René Clair, International Literature
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Date Added to MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 4, 2019
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Barbra Bied Sperling
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College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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