COMM 4350 Italian and Italian-American Cinema

This course is designed to introduce students to the seminal works of Italian and Italian-American Cinema and to examine them in their social/cultural, historical/political and artistic contexts. Emphasis is placed on film aesthetics and story structure in an exploration of the ways in which groundbreaking Italian films (primarily from the 1930’s to the 1960’s) influenced the films of italian-American filmmakers (primarily from the 1970’s to the present). Prerequisite(s): COMM 2340 AND ENG 1100
Credits: 3.0