Committee for Film Studies
Chair
Maria A. DiBattista
Executive Committee
Maria A. DiBattista, English, Comparative Literature
Su Friedrich, Lewis Center for the Arts, Visual Arts
Thomas Y. Levin, German
Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, French and Italian
Gideon A. Rosen, Philosophy, ex officio
Jerome Silbergeld, Art and Archaeology
P. Adams Sitney, Lewis Center for the Arts, Visual Arts
Jeffrey L. Stout, Religion
Michael G. Wood, English, Comparative Literature
The Committee for Film Studies, under the general direction of the Council of the Humanities, encourages the interdisciplinary study of film and video. The committee coordinates courses in the programs and departments that use film or video extensively; it also coordinates, so far as is appropriate, the acquisition of videotapes and films; and it organizes the visits of filmmakers and film scholars. Interested students are invited to consult members of the committee, who will provide additional information about film and video studies within the University.
Courses Relevant to Film Studies
Anthropology
414 Representing Difference: Documentary Films as Practice
Architecture
302 Architecture and the Visual Arts (also ART 346)
Art and Archaeology
350 Chinese Cinema
Classics
124 The Ancient Comic Tradition
Comparative Literature
349 Texts and Images of the Holocaust
Creative Writing
*348 Screenwriting as a Visual Medium
*448 Screenplay Adaptation
East Asian Studies
*323 Japanese Film (also VIS 322)
*351 Introduction to Korean Cinema
English
365 Topics in American Literature
372 Postmodernism and Contemporary Culture
375 Topics in Comedy and Satire
European Cultural Studies
330, 331 Communication and the Arts
French and Italian
FRE 391 Topics in French Cinema
ITA 310 Topics in Modern Italian Cinema
ITA 312 Fascism in Italian Cinema (also VIS 445)
ITA 313 Marxism in Italian Cinema (also VIS 446)
ITA 314 Risorgimento, Opera, Film
German
211 Introduction to Media Theory
307 Topics in Modern German Culture and Society
308 Topics in German Film History and Theory
*328 German Media Theory: Rhetorics of Surveillance
370 Weimar Germany: Painting, Photography, Film
Music
251 Music and Film
Religion
222 Religion in Modern Thought and Film
Slavic Languages and Literatures
314 Russian Literature and Revolution, 1880–1920
316 Ethical Dimensions of Contemporary Russian Cinema
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
POR 319 Literature and Cinema in Brazil
SPA 209 Spanish Language and Culture through Cinema
SPA 319 Topics in Cinema and Culture
Visual Arts
242 Film Genres
261, 262 Introductory Video and Film Production
342 Cinema from World War II until the Present
343 Major Filmmakers
344 Special Topics in Film History
*350 Poetic Form in Cinema Workshop
*351 Seminar: Nature of Cinematic Presence
361, 362 Intermediate Video and Film Production
442 Film Theory
444 Cinema and the Related Arts
461, 462 Advanced Video and Film Production
Women and Gender
306 Women in Film
*One-time-only course