Week 1
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Introduction: Cinema, History, Nation. Thinking about Film, History and Narratives Screening: Roma Città Aperta (Rome Open City, Rossellini, 1945)
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M. Marcus, Introduction to Italian FIlm in the Light of Neorealism, pp. 3-29; Rossellini's Open City: The founding, pp. 33-53
Reader: P. Brunette, Open City, pp. 41-60
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Week 2
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Neo-Realism I: A Historical Approach. Lecture and class discussion Screening: Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thief, De Sica, 1948).
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Millicent Marcus. De Sica's Bycicle Thief: Casting shadows on the visionary city.
Reader. A. Bazin, De Sica Metteur en Scène, pp 61-68
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Week 3
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Neo-Realism II: An Aesthetic Approach. Lecture and class discussion Screening: Riso Amaro (Bitter Rice, De Santis, 1949)
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Millicent Marcus, De Santis's Bitter Rice. A neorealist hybrid.
M. P. Wood, Italian Cinema, pp. 82-109 (on reserve)
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week 4
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Neorealism meets Hollywood. Lecture and class discussion Screening: Umberto D. (De Sica, 1952) Neorealism(s).
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M. Marcus, De Sica's Umberto D: Dark victory for Neorealism.
Reader-- A. Bazin, Umberto D A great work, pp. 79-82, and Cabiria. A voyage to the end of Neorealism, pp. 83-92
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Screening notes due on Thursday
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Week 5
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The decline of Neorealism and the transition to the Commedia all'Italiana. Screening: I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street), Monicelli, 1958
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Wood, Italian Cinema, pp. 35-52 (on reserve).
Reader: P. Ginsborg, The Economic Miracle, pp.210-253, pp.499-508. P. Sorlin, The fourth generation-- the Sweet Life, pp.115-143; P.Sorlin, Beyond Neorealism, Character and Narrative in Early Fellini, pp.121-149
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Home screening: Fellini's La dolce vita (1959)
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week 6
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Lecture and class discussion:Boom: Italian Style/Fast Cars, Culture and Consumption Screening: Germi's Divorzio all'italiana
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M.Wood,Italian Cinema (on reserve), pp. 110-123.
Reader, P. Bondanella, La dolce vita, pp. 65-92, pp. 170-172
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week 7
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Review for Midterm
MIDTERM
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week 8
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Modernization and the Economic Miracle- Lecture and class discussion Screening Mamma Roma-- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1962)
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http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/cms/iovino.pdf
www.johncabot.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?=200409
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Home screening: Pasolini's La ricotta
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week 9
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Pasolini vs Fellini- Lecture and class discussion
Screening: M. Antonioni's Blow up (1967)
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Reader: S. Chatman, Il provino and Blow up, pp.136-158
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week 10
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The surface of the world. Class discuss on Antonioni's cinema
Screening B. Bertolucci's Il conformista (1970)
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M. Marcus, chapter on Il conformista.
Reader: A. Delle Vacche, Fascism after 1968, pp. 57-92
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Week 11
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Cinema and Politics in the 70's
Screening E. Petri's Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)
Lecture and class discussion
History, CInema, and Cinema History. Screening Scola's C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)-- Class discussion
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Marcus, Power as Pathology
Reader: Mikel J Koven, What is giallo?, pp. 1-18
Marcus, Chapter on C'eravamo tanto amati.
Reader F. Jameson, Postmodernism and Consumer Society, pp.1-20, 121
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Screening notes due on Thursday
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week 12
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Topic and outline for the final paper due
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Week 13
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Italian CInema in the 90's-
Screening N. Moretti, Caro Diario (1993)
Class Discussion
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Reader--M. Marcus, Caro Diario and the CInematic Body of Nanni Moretti, pp. 285-299. M. Gieri, New Italian Cinema: Restoration or Subversion?, pp.198-233, pp. 261-268
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week 14
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Cinema and Politics in the New Millennium
Screening P. SOrrentino, Il divo (2008)
Review for Final
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Reader: R. Allen, From the Air, pp. 183-214
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