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    This document contains the schedule and syllabus for the American Cinema film course offered at an unnamed institution in the Fall of 2010. The course will cover the history of American cinema from its emergence as an institution through the modern era. It is divided into 12 weekly modules addressing topics like silent film, classical Hollywood, the studio system, and more recent developments. Each module assigns both required film viewings and readings from the course textbook. Key assignments include a midterm exam on October 15th and an essay due on October 29th. The final exam will take place on December 10th.

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    This document contains the schedule and syllabus for the American Cinema film course offered at an unnamed institution in the Fall of 2010. The course will cover the history of American cinema from its emergence as an institution through the modern era. It is divided into 12 weekly modules addressing topics like silent film, classical Hollywood, the studio system, and more recent developments. Each module assigns both required film viewings and readings from the course textbook. Key assignments include a midterm exam on October 15th and an essay due on October 29th. The final exam will take place on December 10th.

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    Flm171 Schedule Fall10

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    American Cinema

    FILM 171
    Fall 2010
    Friday 11:00am-12:20pm
    All Homework is due by the following class meeting

    Monteaboro/Smith Film Schedule


    Mon – 12-2pm & 4-6pm
    Wed – 10am-12pm & 2-4pm
    Fri – 1-3pm

    Schedule
    9/3 Introduction to the course
    The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution
    HW: The Movies Begin – Kino
    HW: Chapter 1

    9/10 Silent Film Melodrama


    HW: Broken Blossoms
    HW: Chapter 6

    9/17 Classical Hollywood Cinema


    HW: Scarface
    HW: Chapter 2 & 3

    9/24 The Studio System


    HW: Baby Face
    HW: Chapter 4

    10/1 The Star System


    HW: Citizen Kane
    HW: Chapter 5

    10/8 Film Noir


    HW: Double Indemnity
    HW: Chapter 10

    10/15 MIDTERM

    10/22 Science Fiction & Horror


    Hollywood and The Cold War
    HW: Chapter 12 & 13
    HW: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    10/29 The American Comedy
    ESSAY DUE
    HW: Some Like It Hot
    HW: Chapter 8

    11/5 Hollywood in the Television Age


    HW: Chapter 11
    HW: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

    11/12 Hollywood in the Television Age


    The Counterculture Strikes Back
    HW: Bonnie and Clyde
    HW: Chapter 14 & 15

    11/19 The Film School Generation


    HW: Taxi Driver
    HW: Chapter 16

    11/26 THANKSGIVING BREAK

    12/3 Into the Twenty-First Century


    HW: Do The Right Thing
    HW: Chapter 17

    12/10 FINAL EXAM

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