Italian Cinema Since 1945

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will trace the evolution of Italian film from the immediate postwar period to the present. Topics will include neorealism, rosy neorealism, melodrama, comedy Italian style, political films, the representation of Fascism, film and literary interactions, film documentary, the art film, popular comedy, the development of Italian television, the crisis of Italian cinema, Italian-American directors, and Italy in the global audio-visual market. Major directors, film genres, and new approaches to theoretical/critical issues in film scholarship will be stressed. Requirements will include preparation of readings, attendance at mandatory evening film screenings, as well as a number of critical papers and seminar presentations. Conducted in Italian.