EARLY FRENCH FILM   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog
   

HAA 1805 - EARLY FRENCH FILM


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the first three decades of film in France, from turn-of-the century 'primitive' experiments to the first films with sound by Jean Vigo and Jean Renoir in the early 1930s. The works considered include narrative films from the 'teens and twenties', as well as experimental works by artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Ferdinand Leger, Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. The course emphasizes the extraordinarily innovative contributions of French film during these years.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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