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FMMC0244A-F15

International Cinema:
Int'l Cinema: Art of Ellipsis

International Cinema: The Art of Ellipsis
In 1936, film critic Roger Leenhardt declared, “cinema is the art of ellipsis.” But this claim seems to contradict our most basic understanding of film. After all, movies are about what we see, not about what we don’t. Or are they? In fact, Leenhardt was suggesting that the richest tradition in cinema explores the dynamic between the seen and the unseen, the shown and the unshown. In this course we will carefully study international films that effectively work this dynamic in terms of narrative, character, and most importantly, cinematic style. Films studied will include: Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game (France, 1939); Ritwik Ghatak’s The Cloud-Capped Star (India, 1960); Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love (France/Iran/Japan, 2012); Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of a Murder (US, 1959). 3 hrs. lect./3 hrs. screen
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92210
Subject Code:
FMMC
Course Number:
0244
Section Identifier:
A

Course

FMMC 0244

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Fall 2015

FMMC0244A-F15 Lecture (Keathley)