Film Studies: American Film History, 1930-60 - Introduction To Genre and Auteur Study

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Professor:

Annette Insdorf

A survey of masterpieces of the American sound film with a focus on genres including the gangster film, Western, screwball comedy, and musical. Personal directorial styles and cultural contexts are explored in the work of Hawks, Ford, Welles, Lubitsch, Kazan, Wilder, and Kubrick.

 

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