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COMM 0245 - The Silent Film


Credits: 3

Explores the silent film from its birth in 1895 to its demise around 1930. Students will consider the implications of film as the first modern mass medium. They will analyze both film form and content with particular attention to the social, cultural, historic, and political contexts in which silent films were made. Films from Germany, France, and the Soviet Union will be included along with those made in Great Britain and the United States.