FILM-199 Hollywood in the 1990s

This course will focus on the film history of the 1990s, when the consolidation of the blockbuster became the engine driving the major studios. The course will also discuss the expansion of the already-lucrative foreign markets, which are open to special effects-driven fantasy and action pictures. Films discussed will include 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) and Clint Eastwood's western 'Unforgiven' (1992).

Credits

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the 1990s.
2. Compare and contrast films from the 1990s.
3. Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the 1990s and
American culture as a whole during that decade.
4. Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies
from this period.
5. Analyze and discuss the styles of the most important and influential directors of the 1990s.
6. Compare and contrast the depiction of the ways demographic groups change on screen in ways
reflecting larger societal changes.
7. Analyze and discuss the use of films set in the 1990s to make political statements about events
current at the time of production.

Course Objectives

1. Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the 1990s.
2. Compare and contrast films from the 1990s.
3. Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the 1990s and
American culture as a whole during that decade.
4. Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies
from this period.
5. Analyze and discuss the styles of the most important and influential directors of the 1990s.
6. Compare and contrast the depiction of the ways demographic groups change on screen in ways
reflecting larger societal changes.
7. Analyze and discuss the use of films set in the 1990s to make political statements about events
current at the time of production.