Course Description

Instructor: Robin Bernat

In this series, we'll be watching (on our own time) Dissident, Absurdist and Assimilationist films. In each of the films in the series, filmmakers and screenwriters question the status quo or press against outdated societal norms or present outré characters taking on heroic roles in the mainstream. In other films, directors and screenwriters harness the tools and gloss of old Hollywood to present stories about anti-heroes. “New Hollywood” cinema ushered in an era of more experimental, less resolute filmmaking and marked the beginning of some of the most prominent American Filmmakers. (film rentals on Amazon, etc.)

1. Robert Bresson: Pickpocket (1959) Amazon & Paul Shrader: American Gigolo (1980) Amazon

2. Dennis Hopper: Easy Rider (1969) Amazon & Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver (1976)

3. Sergei Eisenstein: Que Viva Mexico (1979) Kanopy & Terrence Malick: Days of Heaven (1978) Kanopy

4. Mike Nichols: The Graduate (1967) Amazon & Milos Forman: One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest  (1975) Amazon

5. Stanley Kubrick: Dr. Strangelove (1964) amazon & Mike Nichols: Catch 22 (1970) Kanopy

6.  Robert Altman: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Amazon & Sam Peckinpah: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Amazon

7. Peter Bogdanovich: Paper Moon (1973) Kanopy & Hal Ashby: Being There (1979) Amazon