Course details

Name: ENFL - 251

Title: SPECIA TOPICS IN FILM STUDY NEW YORK ON SCREEN

Section: 01

Semester: Summer - 2015

Credits: 3

Description:
This course will examine a fascinating cluster of films made in Hollywood between 1967 and 1976 that represent New York City in crisis. Police who commit crimes in order to stop crime, doctors who can not heal amidst overcrowded hospitals and ethnic and minority citizens closed off from the American dream populate these films, working and living in a city literally falling apart. The urban crisis cinema of this period was a current within the 'New Hollywood"and traditional genre heroes, from cops to cowboys, appear no longer able to make the world right. Films to be studied include Midnight Cowboy, The French Connection, Across 110th Street, The Hospital, The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 and Taxi Driver. A final paper will be required.

Schedule: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday From 12:30 pm To 3:45 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Genre Study (Film)
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• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Simon Arthur (simona)

Is course canceled: No