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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FILM

History of Film: Sound Cinema

Al Jolsen was the muse to usher sound and song into the realm of film.

Screenings

1920s

Sunrise (1927), F.W. Murnau


1930s

M (1931), Fritz Lang

Blonde Venus (1932), Josef Von Sternberg

Bride of Frankenstein (1935). James Whale

Top Hat (1935), Mark Sandrich

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936), Frank Capra

Camille (1936), George Cukor

Olympia (1936), Leni Riefenstahl

Night Mail (1936) Harry Watt, Basil Wright

Grand Illusion (1937) Jean Renoir

Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Howard Hawks

Rules of the Game (1939), Jean Renoir


1940s

The Philadelphia Story (1940), George Cukor

The Lady Eve (1941), Preston Sturges

Rome, The Open City (1942), Roverto Rossellini

Meshes in the Afternoon (1943), Maya Deren

To Have and Have Not (1944), Howard Hawks

A Study in Choreography for the Camera (1945), Maya Deren

Notorious (1946), Alfred Hitchcock

Bicycle Thieves (1948), Vittorio de Sica


1950s

On The Waterfront (1954), Elia Kazan

Rebel Without A Cause (1955), Nicholas Ray

Night and Fog (1956), Alain Resnais

Vertigo (1958), Alfred Hitchcock

Shoot the Piano Player (1959), Francois Truffaut


1960s

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (1962), John Ford

Vivre sa vie/My Life to Live (1962), Jean Luc godard

La jetee (1963), Chris Marker

Smiles of a Summer Night (1964), Igmar Bergman

Persona (1964), Igmar Bergman

Point of Order (1964), Emil de Antonio

Gertrud (1964), Carl Theodor Dreyer

High School (1968), Frederick Wiseman

Panola (1968), Edward Pincus


1970s

Badlands (1973), Terrance Malick


1980s

Life and other Anxieties (1984), Edward Pincus

Reading List
DAVID COOK
A History of Narrative Film

BRUCE KAWIN
How Movies Work


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HORROR FILM
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CLASSIC WORLD CINEMA
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NEW GLOBAL CINEMA
FILM & LITERATURE
CHRIST IN FILM
FILM & LITERATURE
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THE ART OF FILMMAKING
SHORT FILMS & ANIMATION
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