Unit information: Classics of European Cinema in 2009/10

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Unit name Classics of European Cinema
Unit code MODL10010
Credit points 20
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Ms. Taylor
Open unit status Open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department School of Modern Languages
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit introduces students to some "classics" of European cinema. It explores these films in the context of their national film industries and histories and analyses the distinct and common features of a variety of films made in Europe in the twentieth century. The following general issues are addressed: what makes a film a "classic"; what themes of methods unite or distinguish these films; and how does film language in Europe differ from nation to nation. Films to be studied may include: Lang: Metropolis (1925); Eisenstein: The Battleship Potemkin (1925); Renoir: La R�gle du Jeu (1939); Bu�uel: Viridiana (1961); Rossellini: Rome Open City (1945).

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