30.273 Film II: Night Visions

A study of significant cinematic works in their social contexts, with emphasis on the 21^st Century. Students will use the vocabulary of film studies to examine 10 or 11 films, possibly Burton & Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Kaufman & Jonze, Being John Malkovich; Arriaga & Iñárritu, 21 Grams; Russell, I Heart Huckabees; Fincher & Palahniuk, Fight Club; Verbinski & Conrad, The Weather Man; Demme & Lumet, Rachel Getting Married; Ethan & Joel Coen, A Serious Man; Zeitlin & Alibar, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom. Films studied could change from year to year. This is not a course in film-making.

No prerequisite.