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FILM339
American Film Genre; Epic Film
FILM339 FA
Crosslistings: AMST339
Next Offered in 9899 FA
Films have frequently strived to be big and sometimes this
striving takes the form of a desire to form that bigness
into a shape of scope, legend, or heroism (or all three).
Yet all films that call themselves epic are not so. Which
are epics, what are their chracteristics, what can keep a
film from the epic stature it seeks? Films shown (mostly
American, mostly sound) twice weekly, including films by
Griffith, DeMille, Bon Stroheim, King Vidor, Anthony Mann,
and Nicholas Ray.
MAJOR READINGS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Film journal, projects
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Limited to 20.
Permission of instructor required. Preference to film
majors, then to American Studies majors. No Freshmen will be
admitted and no prerequitsite overrides will be granted.
Some films will run past the allotted class time.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture Seminar Project
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ART
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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