ITAL 2204 - The Cinematic Eye of Italy

(CA-AS) Satisfies Option 1.

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: ITAL 2201 or permission of instructor. Formerly ITAL 2950.

K. Pinkus.

This seminar introduces students to select masterworks of Italian postwar cinematography and familiarizes students with the vocabulary and the structures needed to analyze films and critique them. We will examine the films’ cultural and sociopolitical contexts as well as their formal aspects.