INS 3056 Politics/Art of German Cinema
This course looks at the films produced in the two Germanys during the 40 years of that country's separation into West (FRG) and East (GDR), analyzing them both as aesthetic vehicles and as expressions of a particular political-historical context. Films will include those of now world-famous directors such as Frank Beyer, Konrad Wolf, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders Films are in German with English subtitles. Lectures and supplementary readings are in English.