Course description
In this follow-up to the Film Noir course offered this past fall, we will view clips from six classic "film noir" films from the years 1941 to 1949, starting with "The Maltese Falcon", followed by "Shadow of a Doubt", "Mildred Pierce", "Detour", "The Blue Dahlia", and ending with Rudolph Maté's film, "D.O.A.", all considered key films of the classic period.
The course will provide an opportunity to analyze and discuss elements that make up film noir, and discover how a brief period of mostly B-movies - derided at the time by American movie critics - became one of the most influential movements in film history.
It is not necessary for you to have taken the previous course in order to fully benefit from and enjoy Film Noir II.