15-FA-LKA-11
This course will introduce its participants to some major trends in the history of 20th and 21st century American film. Particularly, it will survey the ways in which Hollywood and independent cinema has drawn on various genres and conventions to interrogate and offer a creative comment on or critique of the U.S. and global culture. It will also develop the vocabulary and tools for critical thinking and film analysis, the latter of which requires a careful examination of a given picture’s narrative and genre, mise-en-scène, camera work, editing, montage and sound. Moreover, participants of the course will be acquainted with elements of i) the history of Hollywood film with the special focus on the American New Wave, Movie Brats and some classic auteurs; ii) aesthetics of the main pure and hybrid film genres and their derivatives like neo-noir film. A series of interactive lectures and screenings will be facilitated by discussions on how filmmakers appeal to American cultural practices, social behaviors and prejudices surrounding issues such as race, gender, sexuality, violence, crime, urbanization, war, relationships, etc. The course will also give its participants the opportunity to leverage film criticism to determine why the examined works and the way they depict certain events and phenomena have exerted the lasting influence on the American cinematic storytelling and landscape in general.
- Nauczyciel: Kornelia Boczkowska