Comparative Literature 695A - Sem-Int Film Noir

Fall
2015
01
3.00
Don Levine
W 4:00PM 7:30PM
UMass Amherst
30634
Often referred to as the only indigenous American film style, "film noir" in its very appellation reveals that its major effects (for certain modern conceptions of cinema) lay elsewhere. We will examine film noir in its American heyday (1945-1957) and how it came to be a major propelling force in the new European cinema of the 1960's (Godard, and the Cahiers du cinema).
Undergraduate students with prior film study may apply to the Professor to be enrolled: contact del@crocker.com
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.