Course details

Name: ENFL - 356

Title: CONTEMPORARY FILM

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2018

Credits: 3

Description:
This course will feature international cinema produced from 1980 to the present. It will focus on films of extreme experience in which groundbreaking directors employ innovative techniques to depict characters as they descend into madness. Filmmakers under consideration include Pedro Almodovar, David Cronenberg, Jonathan Demme, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Torro, among others.

Course requirements: active participation in class discussion and on Canvas; weekly screenings in class and additional films on DVD viewed outside of class; readings on Canvas; mid-term; final.

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

Graduation requirements:

• Genre Study (Film)
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Teaching Faculty: Cutler Janet (cutlerj)

Is course canceled: No