Film Studies Minor
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Dr. Marie Frank, Assistant Professor of Art History
Tel#: 978-934-3482 Office: Coburn Hall, Room 113D
Email: Marie_Frank@uml.edu
The interdisciplinary minor in Film Studies consists of 18-24 credits. Six credits must be at the 300 level or above. Courses relevant to the Film Studies minor are listed below. For course descriptions, see the department listing as indicated next to the course title. Additional courses to complete the required credits may be selected from the following list or other course listings in this catalogue.
42.230 Film Classics
42.232 Film and Fiction
42.241 Women and Film
45.316 Politics, Philosophy and Film
46.316 Politics & Film
50.376 French Cinema & Society
50.378 Images of Women in French Cinema
52.335 Cinema & the Italian Americans
52.374 Classic of Italian Cinema
52.378 Italian Cinema & Culture
52.380 Italian Cinema: Directors & Themes
58.370 Art History & Film
The list of approved courses may change from time to time depending on the offerings of the several departments involved; students should check with the appropriate coordinator to see which courses are currently approved.
42.230 Film Classics
A study of the elements of film as revealed in selected film classics. Emphasis on the critical analysis and evaluation.
42.232 Film and Fiction
A study of literary works and their film adaptations. Emphasis on analyzing what is at stake when the textual is adapted to a visual context.
42.241 Women and Film
A survey of the image of women in commercial film from the beginnings to the present. Focus on films of the 1930s-40s and 1970s-90s.
45.316 Politics, Philosophy and Film
This course examines the political and philosophical values and ideas which constitute cinema. It analyzes film as an historical, cultural, commercial and artistic endeavor.
46.316 Politics and Film
Analysis on the role film in creating, expressing,, revealing and responding to social and political ideas and values. Examines a variety of film and film styles and introduces students to elements of film theory, the theory of popular culture and the role of film in forming our ideas about the world.
50.376 French Cinema and Society
Covers the dramatic presentation French society gives of itself during the period of profound social and economic change, from the New Wave and the May 68 events to today’s younger generation facing an uncertain tomorrow. Each screening (in French with subtitles) is preceded by an introduction placing the film in its historical context. Conducted in English.
50.378 Women in French Cinema
Focuses on the way French film makers (male, and more recently female) have been portraying women in their films. Carefully selected French films with English subtitles are used to show the evolution that has taken place from Carne and Renoir’s poetic realism to the present. Selected readings are also used to underscore various themes, such as how women have been represented in these films. Conducted in English.
52.335 Cinema and the Italian Americans
A course looking at the ways in which film addresses issues of ethnicity and its representation in the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural memory of American life. This will be an interdisciplinary course focusing on the relentless portrayal in the news and entertainment industries of Italian Americans. It will shed light on the contributions of this ethnic group by analyzing the negative and positive stereotypes through films. Conducted in English.
52.374 Classics of Italian Cinema
This course, through a series of classic Italian films, internationally recognized, will present how the style is not only something which comes from within the director reflecting that most intriguing of all subjects: the personality of the director, but also the film’s influence upon American productions. Conducted in English.
52.378 Italian Cinema and Culture
A guide to contemporary Italian studies through literary and cultural approaches. The works of central figures in contemporary Italian letters are examined in view of their impact on Italian life. Emphasis is given to poets, novelists, the new cinema, the influences of existentialism, and the impact of America on Italian literature. Conducted in English.
52.380 Italian Cinema: Directors and Themes
A study of Italian film history and its accomplishment by exploring the relationship of cinema to socio-political, economic, cultural and literary events. The course will discuss in depth either a) one or two major and well known directors; b) a major thematic and stylistic division in a century of cinematic creativity. Conducted in English.
58.370 Art History and Film
Examination of issues of content, theory and criticism in traditional, modern and contemporary live of artists, autobiographies, biographies and historiographies as source of filmic expression. Focus on the interpretation and transformation of art historical records into filmic vision as revealed in set and costume design, music, camera technique and other aesthetic elements of film, as well as how such elements function to extend and convey directorial vision to movements in art history. Prerequisite: 58.203 and 58.204 or permission of art history instructor.