Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120) - Intensive study of a single filmmaker or group of filmmakers, paying special attention to theoretical problems of authorship and artistic control. How do filmmakers respond to studio pressure, historical events or government censorship? How do personal styles develop and transform in a collaborative medium? What does it mean to think of the director or writer or producer of a film as its author? Topic for Spring 2021: Kubrick. Intensive study of Stanley Kubrick's films. Readings include novels he adapted (Lolita, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining), thematically relevant fiction, and critical essays. Topics to be considered: black comedy, visionary experience, utopic misanthropy. Weekly screenings. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Aesthetic Exploration, Research and Information Literacy.

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