American Film Abroad: Il Cinema Ritrovato (Bologna Film Festival)

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This course focuses on a 9-10 day trip to Bologna, Italy in June/July of each year to attend the Cinema Ritrovato, an international film festival focused on American silent and sound film and music. The Festival specializes in screening classic films that have restored in Bologna at the Cineteca di Bologna, a major site for the film restoration in the world. Students will attend many screenings each day and evening of the Festival, as well as participate in group meetings with the instructor to analyze film and discuss and write about the events, such as the silent film/live music events taking place throughout the week at night in the central square of Piazza Maggiore. The students will have the unique opportunity to watch celluloid films as part of events introduced by film scholars, filmmakers, and/or restoration technicians. In the spring semester at Le Moyne, students will attend meetings with the instructor every two weeks and attend and write about two required film events. Enrollment by permission of the instructor. Course may be repeated once.