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The Film Experience

Prof. David Thorburn · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema. It explores the work of Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Capra, Hawks, Hitchcock, Altman, Renoir, DeSica, and Kurosawa. Through comparative reading of films from different eras and countries, students develop the skills to turn their in-depth analyses into interpretations and explore theoretical issues related to spectatorship.

Lectures

Lecture Videos & Notes

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction (2007) 52 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Keaton (2007) 58 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Chaplin, Part I (2007) 53 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Chaplin, Part II (2007) 1 h 3 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Film as Global & Cultural Form; Montage, Mise en Scène 49 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: German Film, Murnau 49 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: The Studio Era 56 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: The Work of Movies; Capra & Hawks 57 min · Video
  9. Lecture 9: Alfred Hitchcock 50 min · Video
  10. Lecture 10: Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window 55 min · Video
  11. Lecture 11: The Musical 46 min · Video
  12. Lecture 12: The Musical (continued) 59 min · Video
  13. Lecture 13: The Western 45 min · Video
  14. Lecture 14: The Western (continued) 1 h · Video
  15. Lecture 15: American Film in the 1970s, Part I (2007) 53 min · Video
  16. Lecture 16: American Film in the 1970s, Part II (2007) 56 min · Video
  17. Lecture 17: Jean Renoir and Poetic Realism 47 min · Video
  18. Lecture 18: Renoir's Grand Illusion (1937) 54 min · Video
  19. Lecture 19: Italian Neorealism, Part I (2007) 55 min · Video
  20. Lecture 20: Italian Neorealism, Part II (2007) 51 min · Video
  21. Lecture 21: Truffaut, the Nouvelle Vague, The 400 Blows 57 min · Video
  22. Lecture 22: Kurosawa and Rashomon 59 min · Video
  23. Lecture 23: Summary Perspectives - Film as Art and Artifact 43 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Literature
Teacher
Prof. David Thorburn
Term
Fall 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. David Thorburn. The Film Experience. Fall 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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