CINE 261 Survey of World Cinema I
Consideration of filmmaking trends established in the silent era and their incorporation into the sound film. Types of filmmaking covered include the Hollywood studio film, German Expressionism, Soviet montage, French avant-garde, and the birth of documentary filmmaking. Coverage of these styles and movements will include some attention to social, cultural, and political backgrounds. Directors studied will include important figures such as Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Eisenstein, and Murnau. 3 hours.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Literature and the Arts course.
Students must receive authorization for this course by contacting the Associate Director of the Unit for Cinema Studies.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Unit for Cinema Studies
rleskosk@uiuc.edu
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