American Film

Catalog description

American Film is an introductory film course designed to demonstrate the full impact of Hollywood filmmaking as an art form, an economic form, and a cultural indicator. The course looks at the message of genre, the social and psychological effects of the Hollywood film style, and the mutual influence of society and popular culture. Included are discussions of the Hollywood style, the star, the system, the western, the romantic comedy, the combat film, the film noir, and the film school generation.