Film Studies 350 - QUESTIONS OF CINEMA

Topics course. This class investigates cinema and its relationship to the rest of 20th and 21st century art, especially visual culture. Working with the premise that film has been arguably the most influential, powerful and central creative medium of the age, the course examines how film has been influenced by, and how it has influenced, interacted with, critiqued, defined and been defined by other media. Historically we examine how film has moved from a marginal to a mainstream art form, while maintaining a very active avant-garde practice. We also look at how cinema has consistently and trans-historically grappled with certain fundamental issues and themes, comparing the nature of cinematic investigation with that of other media. Prerequisite: FLS 150 and permission of instructor.

Topic: Film and Visual Culture from Surrealism to the Digital Age. Instructor permission.