Analyze ONE of the following films that you have studied on this module through reference to TWO of the critical perspectives (and associated thinkers) listed below:

FILMS:

1. La chute de la maison Usher / The Fall of the House of Usher (Jean Epstein, 1928, France, 66 min)

2. Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein, 1938, Russia, 112 min)

3. Le journal d’un curé de campagne / Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson, Fr., 1951, 110 min)

4. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy/Algeria, 1966, 116 min)

5. Une vague nouvelle / A New Wave (28 min), episode 3B of Histoire(s) du cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard, 1988-98, France, 4hr 27 min)

6. Sans toit ni loi / Vagabond (Agnès Varda, 1985, France, 105 min)

7. Roma, città aperta / Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945, Italy, 100 min)

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES:

1. FILM AS A NEW SOURCE OF HISTORY (Boleslaw Matuszewski)

2. FILM AS A NEW ARTFORM (Ricciotto Canudo, Élie Faure, and Jean Epstein)

3. “VERTICAL MONTAGE” and “AUDIOVISUAL CINEMA” (Sergei Eisenstein)

4. REALIST FILM THEORY (André Bazin)

5. MARXIST/BRECHTIAN FILM THEORY (Jean-Louis Comolli and Jean Narboni)

6. AUDIOVISUAL THEORY AND CRITICISM (Jean-Luc Godard)

7. FEMINIST FILM THEORY (Laura Mulvey)

8. FILM PHILOSOPHY (Gilles Deleuze)

Your essay should be approximately 2,000 words in length. It should be carefully planned in advance, include a full bibliography, and be word-processed and double-spaced. The introduction should include a full statement of aims, and there should be a clear conclusion at the end. The film to be analysed should of course be watched numerous times.