ITAL 470

Fall 2008 All Classes

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Topics in Italian Cinema

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

An in-depth examination of a particular director, genre or school from the Italian cinematic tradition (e.g., Fellini, Italian horror, or noerealism); topic will very each semester. No knowledge of Italian is required.

Same as CINE 470. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours.

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ITAL 470 class schedule data for fall 2008
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	42982	Lecture-Discussion	G4	1:00PM -2:50PM	TR	114 Transportation Building	Rushing, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: - for GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY - Topic: The Peplum Description: In the late 1950's and early 1960s, there was an explosion of enormously popular Italian films starring American bodybuilders and set in mythical antiquities. With titles like Hercules vs. the Moon Men or Goliath vs. the Dragon, these films are mostly remembered today for their unintentional humor and low production values, and their emphasis on the spectacularly muscled male body means that they are more likely to be shown at gay film festivals than for their original audience: straight teenage boys. The peplum films (as they are known in Europe) offer a rare opportunity to examine a series of key questions: how does a genre like this come to be popular? why did it die off? what does the peplum tell us about the formation of masculinity? what is its sexual orientation, if any? Finally, why have such films returned in the last 5 years (in American, this time), from Gladiator to 300 to Beowulf? Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	42983	Lecture-Discussion	U3	1:00PM -2:50PM	TR	114 Transportation Building	Rushing, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: - for UNDERGRADS ONLY - Topic: The Peplum Description: In the late 1950's and early 1960s, there was an explosion of enormously popular Italian films starring American bodybuilders and set in mythical antiquities. With titles like Hercules vs. the Moon Men or Goliath vs. the Dragon, these films are mostly remembered today for their unintentional humor and low production values, and their emphasis on the spectacularly muscled male body means that they are more likely to be shown at gay film festivals than for their original audience: straight teenage boys. The peplum films (as they are known in Europe) offer a rare opportunity to examine a series of key questions: how does a genre like this come to be popular? why did it die off? what does the peplum tell us about the formation of masculinity? what is its sexual orientation, if any? Finally, why have such films returned in the last 5 years (in American, this time), from Gladiator to 300 to Beowulf? Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.