At its most immediate level, this course explores the rich interconnections between film and literary Modernism. Our inquiry into Modernism and film, however, will be non-historical. Citizen Kane, Time Regained, Eternity and a Day, Orlando, Mrs. Dalloway, The Crowd, Sunrise, A Pure Formality, Zelig, Being There, Three Lives and Only One Death, Eyes Wide Shut, The Dead, Lost Highway, and others.
Attendance is mandatory for screenings.
The assignments will consist of at least one short paper, brief response papers, quizzes, and exams.