Music and American Film since 1956 - 41915 - FMA 3696 - 812 |
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Notes: An extra media fee of 4,400 yen is required. Topical Course Description: This course will examine how American films from the 1950s to the present have depicted music and musicians as agents of cultural conflict and change. Readings and writing assignments will consider films in relation to national and regional identity, masculinity, femininity, ethnicity, authenticity, and celebrity. We will also discuss aesthetic aspects of the relationship between music and film. Films to be screened in whole or part will be drawn from such works as 8 Mile, A Hard Day’s Night, Almost Famous, American Graffiti, Bound for Glory, Don’t Look Back, Easy Rider, Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, Gimme Shelter, Grease, Inside Llewyn Davis, La La Land, New York New York, Privilege, Sid and Nancy, Straight Outta Compton, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Doors, and This Is Spinal Tap.
Associated Term: 2019 Fall Registration Dates: Apr 03, 2019 to Sep 06, 2019 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Course Attributes: Writing Intensive Japan Campus Lecture and Lab Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 4.000 Seats Available: 4 |