Theater, Film and Media

This course will analyze the main transformations that took place in the global film industry from the 1950s to the end of the 1980s, focusing in particular on the category of arthouse cinema. Taking into consideration technological, aesthetic, socio-cultural, and economic aspects, the course will provide an overview of the concept of arthouse cinema, with specific reference to European and U.S. film cultures. A specific emphasis will be put on certain movements and trends: from Italian auteur cinema to the French nouvelle vague, as well as German, Japanese, British cinemas and the New Hollywood.

PLEASE NOTE: Before taking this course, you must have also taken "Storia del cinema I"

Bibliography Mandatory readings: - Michel Marie, La nouvelle vague (Lindau, 1998). - Emiliano Morreale, I film della dolce vita. Cinema d'autore degli anni Sessanta (Dino Audino, 2021, pp. 9-103) - Geoff King, La Nuova Hollywood. Dalla rinascita degli anni Sessanta all’era del blockbuster (Einaudi, 2004, pp. 3-60, 107-143). - Handouts prepared by the instructor Viewing the following films is also mandatory: - Viaggio in Italia (1954, Rossellini) - Shadows (1959, Cassavetes) - Pickpocket (1959, Bresson) - Psycho (1960, Hitchcock) - Accattone (1961, Pasolini) - L’Année dernière à Marienbad (1961, Resnais) - Jules et Jim (1962, Truffaut) - Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962, Varda) - Il gattopardo (1963, Visconti) - Pierrot le fou (1965, Godard) - Blow-Up (1966, Antonioni) - Persona (1966, Bergman) - La battaglia di Algeri (1966, Pontecorvo) - Per un pugno di dollari (1966, Leone) - Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Penn) - Easy Rider (1969, Hopper) - A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick) - Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972, Bertolucci) - Solaris (1972, Tarkovskij) - Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972, Buñuel) - Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Akerman) - Taxi Driver (1976, Scorsese) - Suspiria (1977, Argento) - Apocalypse Now (1979, Coppola) - Heaven’s Gate (1980, Cimino) - Querelle (1982, Fassbinder) - Fitzcarraldo (1982, Herzog) - Blade Runner (1984, Scott) - Paris Texas (1984, Wenders) - C’era una volta in America (1984, Leone) Students who have not taken the exam of "Storia del cinema" must also add the following films: - La grande illusion (1937, Renoir) - Citizen Kane (1941, Welles) - Roma città aperta (1945, Rossellini) - Ladri di biciclette (1948, De Sica) - Rashômon (1950, Kurosawa) - Bellissima (1951, Visconti) - Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959, Truffaut) - L’avventura (Antonioni, 1960) - À bout de souffle (1960, Godard) - La dolce vita (1960, Fellini) - Otto e mezzo (1963, Fellini) - The Graduate (1967, Nichols) - Jaws (1975, Spielberg) - Raging Bull (1980, Scorsese)

All students (regardless of whether they attend in person or not) are invited to join Classroom through this link: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDY3MjE2MjYxMjA1?cjc=3lkcjox On this platform you will find instructions to attend remotely via Zoom. I will also share the course readings and materials on Classroom.

Oral exam

All students (regardless of whether they attend in person or not) are invited to join Classroom through this link: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDY3MjE2MjYxMjA1?cjc=3lkcjox On this platform you will find instructions to attend remotely via Zoom. I will also share the course readings and materials on Classroom.