Great Italian Cinema
GENINT 771.336
Osher (50+). In this course, we view some of the greatest Italian films and analyze how they use the verbal, visual, and visceral art form.
What you can learn.
- Understand Italian cinematic style
- Understand verbal, visual, and visceral art forms
- Discuss films critically
About this course:
The cinema of Italy has given the world great films and has influenced film movements worldwide. The post-World War II Neorealismo period merged cinematic realism with a focus on glaring social problems and postwar poverty, while Fellini’s imitable cinematic style combined surreal carnival with incisive social critique. In this course, we view some of the greatest Italian films from 1945 to 1997, and analyze how they use the verbal, visual, and visceral art form, and what they had to say about the human condition. We watch five films: The Leopard (1963), Malena (2000), The Bicycle Thief (1948), Satyricon (1969) and Amarcord (1973).Contact Us
Speak to an OLLI at UCLA representative. Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm.
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