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ARH264: NEW AMERICAN CINEMA (Class #8616)
Rob Edelman, Lecturer
Fall 2013
TUESDAY, 5:45PM-8:35PM, LC 23
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, great social changes were occurring in the United States. These changes were sparked by the emerging youth culture, the progression of the Civil Rights Movement, opposition to the war in Vietnam, and the advent of the modern-era feminist movement. This course will explore the manner in which these changes impacted on the American cinema. Editing styles, camera placement, and camera movement veered from traditional film language; film content reflected youth alienation, the drug culture, and alternative lifestyles and politics.
Class #1, August 27
Course Introduction
Alienation: the 1970s Loner, Part I: FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), directed by Bob Rafelson.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite
Class #2, September 3
Alienation: the 1970s Loner, Part II/Challenging Authority: SERPICO (1973), directed by
Sidney Lumet. Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, Tony Roberts
Class #3, September 10
“Old Hollywood,” “New Hollywood,” and Race Issues: GUESS WHO’S COMING TO
DINNER (1967), directed by Stanley Kramer. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn,
Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Roy E. Glenn,
Isabel Sanford
Clip from SHAFT (1971), directed by Gordon Parks. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn,
Charles Cioffi. Music by Isaac Hayes
Class #4, September 17
“New Hollywood” and Violence; A Reinterpretation of 1930s Gangsterism: BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), directed by Arthur Penn. Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene
Hackman, Michael J. Pollard, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Gene Wilder
Class #5, September 24
First Exam, Multiple Choice
NOTE: THE PRODUCTION CODE OF 1930 and A NOTE ON VIEWING FILMS
Rob Edelman, Lecturer
Fall 2013
TUESDAY, 5:45PM-8:35PM, LC 23
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, great social changes were occurring in the United States. These changes were sparked by the emerging youth culture, the progression of the Civil Rights Movement, opposition to the war in Vietnam, and the advent of the modern-era feminist movement. This course will explore the manner in which these changes impacted on the American cinema. Editing styles, camera placement, and camera movement veered from traditional film language; film content reflected youth alienation, the drug culture, and alternative lifestyles and politics.
Class #1, August 27
Course Introduction
Alienation: the 1970s Loner, Part I: FIVE EASY PIECES (1970), directed by Bob Rafelson.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Ralph Waite
Class #2, September 3
Alienation: the 1970s Loner, Part II/Challenging Authority: SERPICO (1973), directed by
Sidney Lumet. Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, Tony Roberts
Class #3, September 10
“Old Hollywood,” “New Hollywood,” and Race Issues: GUESS WHO’S COMING TO
DINNER (1967), directed by Stanley Kramer. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn,
Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Roy E. Glenn,
Isabel Sanford
Clip from SHAFT (1971), directed by Gordon Parks. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn,
Charles Cioffi. Music by Isaac Hayes
Class #4, September 17
“New Hollywood” and Violence; A Reinterpretation of 1930s Gangsterism: BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967), directed by Arthur Penn. Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene
Hackman, Michael J. Pollard, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Gene Wilder
Class #5, September 24
First Exam, Multiple Choice
NOTE: THE PRODUCTION CODE OF 1930 and A NOTE ON VIEWING FILMS