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History of Cinema-the Auteurs - FMS256 Fall 2026
Course
Anthony Marais
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Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction
Sep 2
What is auteur theory? The ethics of Art. |
2. Charlie Chaplin
Sep 9
The quintessence of independence |
3. Alfred Hitchcock
Sep 16
Difficult directors of classical Hollywood |
4. Akira Kurosawa
Sep 23
samurais and businessmen |
5. Orson Welles
Sep 30
The genius behind "showmanship before genius" |
6. Federico Fellini
Oct 7
From neorealism to surrealism |
7. Agnes Varda
Oct 14
Beyond the French New Wave |
8. Stanley Kubrick
Oct 21
"I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want." |
9. Andrei Tarkovsky
Nov 4
Search for the Sublime in Soviet Cinema |
10. Milos Forman
Nov 11
From the Czech New Wave to the American Mainstream |
11. Woody Allen
Nov 18
"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." |
12. David Lynch
Nov 25
"It's a strange world, isn't it?" |
13. Pedro Almodovar
Dec 2
The art of camp |
14. Final Discussion
Dec 9
Discuss the auteur you chose |