SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CINEMA:
COURSE MODULES

Professor Gary Mielo

MODULE FOUR: FILM HISTORY (Feb. 28 - March 12) The history of the cinema is a fascinating story that covers more than 100 years. Interestingly enough, most of the film conventions and innovations have been around from the very beginning. Only recently, with the advent of computer technology, has filmmaking added to its basic bag of tricks. In many respects, the visual qualities of, for example, Fritz Lang's 1926 silent film METROPOLIS employs the same basic special effects used in the James Cameron's 1998 special effects blockbuster TITANIC. For an extensive, chapter-by-chapter guided tour, log onto the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA "FILMS: RESEARCH & RESOURCES" site at www.gen.umn.edu/faculty_staff/yahnke/film/ Explore one or more of the following: Chapter 1: "Films from the Silent Era," Chapter 2: "Classic Films from the Hollywood Studios, 1934-1946." Chapter 3: "Classic International Films, 1931- 1960," Chapter 4: "The 1950s--Focus on American Films," Chapter 5: "Growing Up on Films from the 1960s," Chapter 6: "The 1960s--Rise of the Director as "Auteur'," Chapter 7: "The 1970s--Era of Cynicism, Disenchantment, & Rebellion," Chapter 8: "The Late Portraits," Chapter 9: "The 1980s--Towards an International Cinema," and Chapter 10: "The Late 1990s--Independent Films, New Voices."