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| Advanced Studies in Film History: American Narrative Cinema of the 1970s - 22763 - FST 479 - 001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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All students are expected to attend and participate in person at the assigned day/time. (F2F) Prerequsite FST 205 This course introduces students to the history and aesthetics of American narrative cinema in the 1970s, one of the most vibrant, influential, and unusual periods in popular film and a turning point in American cinema’s formal development. Even if your favorite Hollywood films don’t come from this decade, odds are your favorite filmmakers’ favorite films do. We will survey a handful of unruly, atmospheric, weird, and eccentric seventies films, as we seek to understand the ways in which many of the most interesting films of the period defied the formulaic mandates of industrial cinema and generated what is often called the Hollywood Renaissance. We will also consider the historical and material conditions that enabled this renaissance. How could a period that produced such traditional films as Jaws, Rocky, and Star Wars also produce such unorthodox films as The King of Marvin Gardens, Nashville, Mikey and Nicky, Fat City, Cabaret, Taxi Driver, and Scarecrow? In quality, creativity, and sheer audaciousness, the seventies could rival any decade in American cinema. These films are daredevils. Associated Term: Spring 2025 Registration Dates: Oct 27, 2024 to Jan 21, 2025 Levels: Undergraduate Attributes: UnvStdy Information Literacy Main Campus Lecture Schedule Type 3.000 Credits View Catalog Entry
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