Course details

Name: ENFL - 358

Title: AMERICAN FILM 1945 TO PRESENT

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2012

Credits: 3

Description:
The Hollywood blacklist, the erosion of the Motion Picture Production Code, the flowering of experimental cinema, the film renaissance of the New Hollywood, the rise of the blockbuster and the emergence of independent boutique cinema—all of these events and movements characterize American film since 1945. This course examines these topics and much more in its survey of film production and culture since World War II. We will discuss genre revision, most notably in the western, and the liberalizing of codes regulating the depiction of violence and sexuality in American films. Films likely to be screened include: Body and Soul, The Manchurian Candidate, Viva Las Vegas, Midnight Cowboy, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, No Country for Old Men, among others. Weekly reading assignments, plus a mid-term and final essay will be required.

Schedule: Thursday From 2:30 pm To 5:15 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Genre Study (Film)
• Ethnic Studies (3b)
• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Simon Arthur (simona)

Is course canceled: No