Spring 2008

Film Noir Apr. 20 - May 11
Classic Hollywood II Apr. 22 - June 10

Instructor: Vicente Rodriguez Ortega Rodriguez Ortega has an M.A. in Communications from the University of Iowa and a B.A. in English from the University of Valencia (Spain). He recently completed his dissertation, Bodies in Motion: Transnational Cinema in the Era of Uneven Globalization, in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. He has taught several courses at NYU and CUNY and has also published several essays in Reverse Shot and Senses of Cinema. He is currently preparing a collection of essays titled Contemporary Spanish Cinema and Genre.

FILM NOIR
Apr. 20, 27, May 4, 11
Sunday mornings, 10:00–1:30

Tuition: $160 (members), $200 (nonmembers)

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With its signature sharp angles, black-and-white photography, and alleyways peopled by hard-boiled detectives and women as alluring as they are dangerous, Film Noir is a distinctly American genre that influenced film worldwide. Vicente Rodriguez Ortega will follow its various incarnations from its beginnings in the 1940s, using the work of outstanding directors and stars to explore just what it is that makes Noir Noir. Including excerpts from John Huston's The Maltese Falcon, Charles Vidor's Gilda, Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly, Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge, Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye, Roman Polanski's Chinatown, and John Dahl's The Last Seduction.

CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD II: The Films of Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg
Apr. 22, May 13, June 10
Tuesday evenings, 7:30–9:30

Tuition: $120 (members), $150 (nonmembers)

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Vicente Rodriguez Ortega continues his look at Hollywood's greatest storytellers through the work of three influential filmmakers who came of age in the 1970s. By viewing and analyzing segments of Altman's improvisational, character-filled dramas, Scorsese's intense portrayals of New York's mean streets, and Spielberg's gripping blockbusters, we'll see how the directors infused their works with their distinctive styles. Including excerpts from Altman's M*A*S*H, Nashville, The Long Goodbye, and The Player; Scorsese's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas; and Spielberg's Duel, Jaws, Empire of the Sun, and Schindler's List.

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