RUSS 211 - KINO: Introduction to Russian Cinema

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Cinemas Studies
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
This course explores major periods, genres, and themes of Russia’s “most important art,” including Soviet montage of the 1920s, `easterns,’ musicals, and historical epics of the 1930s and 40s, the post-Stalinist `New Wave,’ the expository cinema of glasnost and the post-Soviet search for new aesthetics, themes and heroes. We will examine the theory and aesthetics of Soviet and Russian filmmakers, the development of the Russian and Soviet film industry, issues of production and film distribution.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: A. Forman