Culture and Cinema

Week of November 18

 

  • The 1950s were the age of widescreen and the fear of the outsider.  
  1.  How did television change the landscape of film?  
  2. How was the fear of communism and the unknown showcased in horror films?
  3. What can we learn from Tokyo Story? 

Showing: 

  • I Love Lucy, (pilot) (1951-1957)
  • Tokyo Story, Yasijuro Ozu, Drama (1953) 

clip from Godzilla, Ishiro Honda, Drama/fantasy(1954) https://archive.org/details/01Godzilla_201811

 

finishing up 1950s this week and getting into 1960s

The 1960s were a time of great change and growth for American Film.  POV and Narrative. Various shots, cuts and editing.