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Projecting Britain: from the Sixties to the New Millennium
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Program
London, England
Dates: 8/30/17 - 12/16/17
Projecting Britain: from the Sixties to the New Millennium
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: Film Studies
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
DESCRIPTION
This module examines films from the specified period of British cinema history, with a focus on the films' representation of economic, political and cultural change in British society. The key question guiding this module is one of how change occurs, and film?s implicit and explicit role in reflecting and commenting on the changes which occurred, as well as those that were thwarted, in Britain during this period. The module introduces students to the British New Wave of the early 1960s, and the radical cinema of the later 1960s and 70s. It investigates the 'Thatcherite' texts from the 1980s and moves on to the variegated forms of the 1990s. The module examines the role of realism as a predominant style in British cinema and critically analyses works by major, as well as critically overlooked, British directors through close attention to detail paired with wider contextual study.