AMS 121 - History of Film: The Classic Era 1940-1960 and Beyond 1960-1990

1 semester, 3 credits-

Traces key films and movements in the history of the cinema, from the classic Hollywood era in the 1940s to the flowering of international and independent cinema of the present. Emphasis is on cinema as an art form, medium of entertainment, and its development alongside politics, society, and the other arts. Same as TDF 121.