Meet Malcolm and Anthony at the Movies | In Person (Cherry Center)

Course Description:

Artist Wayne Thiebaud once said, "I believe very much in the tradition that art comes from art and nothing else." Film, like all great art forms, evolves through a dialogue with its own past. Filmmakers draw inspiration from earlier works—openly borrowing from, reinterpreting or pushing against them. In this film studies course, we will view and discuss two carefully selected films: the second influenced by the first. We'll delve into the films' narratives and stylistic techniques, the creative choices behind them, and the broader social, cultural and historical contexts in which they were made. We'll also explore the similarities, departures and influences that connect them and what those connections reveal about how artists draw from one another across time. (Film titles to be announced.)