MACS 321

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Film Culture

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduces students to key issues of, major theoretical approaches to, and current debates about the cultural function of films. Course addresses theories of spectatorship, the politics of pleasure, the culture of entertainment, and the cinematic construction of race, class, and gender.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Western

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MACS 321 class schedule data for spring 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	67743	Lecture-Discussion	B	3:00PM -5:50PM	T	Gregory Hall	Knipp, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Title: ThumbsDown! Movies Ebert Hated Section Info: Roger Ebert has established himself as one of the critical community’s most enduring, creative voices due in large part to his interactions with bad cinema. He has accumulated several volumes of his published pans. But what does his writing tell us about bad movies? What makes a bad movie? Why do we find pleasure in reading about them or even, possibly, seeking them out? What about the acclaimed films towards which Roger was a rare dissenting voice? In this class, we will be addressing these questions. We will test our own critical values as we evaluate, re-evaluate and revise the critical opinion of one of the University of Illinois’ most celebrated alumnus. The class will also look at other critical voices as they contend with the worst of cinema. Mixing creative writing, multi-media projects and classroom discussion, we will recreate the spirit of the critical conversation that has become the benchmark of Roger Ebert’s legacy.