GERMN-154 Introduction to German Cinema
The course is an intro level survey of the history of the cinematic industry in Germany from the 1920s to today, which juxtaposes the masterworks of German cinema with films that occupy a more marginal position in the canon. In class discussion and course assignments, we develop the formal vocabulary for developing historical arguments from critical scene analyses and discover how film not only comments on, but generates meaning of social and political events in 20th and 21stcentury Germany. The course includes films by Robert Wiene, Lotte Reiniger, Josef von Báky, Leni Riefenstahl, Josef Mach, Margarethe von Trotta, Werner Herzog, Angelina Maccarone, and Fatih Akin.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Cross Listed Courses
CNMS-154
Notes
Taught in English; no German required.