Contemporary Italian Cinema (in Italian)

LA CT NC 250 - Cinema & Theater Studies
LA IS CC 202 - Italian Studies
Credit hours 3
Contact hours 45

This course has as its focus contemporary Italian cinema from the 1980's to the present day. The following films receive the most atttention in this course: Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso, Moretti's Palombella Rossa, and Beningni's La Vita è Bella. All films will be discussed with reference to political, social, and aesthetic issues in contemporary Italy. This course is taught in Italian. Students may subsitute this course for the mandatory Italian language course (it may take the place of Intermediate I, II, Advanced I, II). If students are taking this as their Italian language credit, they must register using the applicable course code under Italian Studies - LA IS CC 202.

Prerequisite: Previous Italian Language required