Film Studies 330 - Film Auteurs

This class will focus on one or two specific filmmakers and will aim to highlight their cinematic models, distinctive style and recurrent themes, within the theoretical framework of the "auteur theory," thus offering students an introductory and comprehensive view of perhaps the most central concept in film studies.

This course will focus on Lee Chang-dong and Jane Campion.
From intimate stories of quiet passion to ominous psychological thrillers to enigmatic detective movies, what do these two filmmakers, a man from South Korea and a woman from New Zealand, have in common with their artful films of human longing? We will explore the writer/directors' celebrated works as well as the hidden treasures of their filmographies, examining the signature styles of each and comparing the several confluences in their sensibilities as cinematic storytellers.