CMS.S61 Special Subject: The Rise of Film Noir, January IAP 2012
Author(s)
Marks, Martin
Alternative Title
Special Subject: The Rise of Film Noir
Date Issued
2012
Abstract
This class explores the development of Hollywood Film Noir. There will be a focus on émigré directors who moved to Hollywood when the Nazis rose to power. Assignments will include short response papers about three of the films in the series, and reports by students on examples of "neo-noir" films from recent decades.This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
Subjects
film noir
music
film music
Fritz Lang
Orson Welles
Billy Wilder
noir
neo-noir
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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