PMA 3550

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PMA 3550
Global Cinema I

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

Global Cinema I and II together offer an overview of international film history from the late nineteenth century to today. Through a focus on key films and significant epochs, the course traces the evolution of form, style and genre, the medium's changing technologies and business models, as well as film's relation to broader cultural, social and political contexts. Screenings of narrative, documentary and experimental films will be accompanied by readings in film theory and history. Global Cinema I covers the period from 1895 to 1960. Precise topics will vary from year to year, but may include: early silent cinema; the emergence of Hollywood as industry and a "classical" narrative form; Soviet, German, French and Chinese film cultures; the coming of sound; interwar documentary and avant-garde movements; American cinema in the age of the studio system; Italian Neorealism; the post-war avant-garde.

When Offered Fall.

Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (LA-AS)
Course Subfield (HTC)

Comments Co-meets with PMA 6550.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 6550, VISST 3175

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7649 PMA 3550   LEC 001

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