The Film Experience | Literature | MIT OpenCourseWare Browse Course Material Course Info Instructor • Prof. David Thorburn (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?q=Prof.+David+Thorburn) Departments • Literature (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?d=Literature) As Taught In Fall 2013 Level Undergraduate (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate) Topics • Fine Arts (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?t=Fine+Arts) • Visual Arts (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?t=Visual+Arts) • Film and Video (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?t=Film+and+Video) Learning Resource Types _co\present Instructor Insights notes Lecture Notes theaters Lecture Videos podcasts Podcasts assignment Written Assignments • Download Course (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/download) https://ocw.mit.edu/ search (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/)GIVE NOW (https://giving.mit.edu/give/to/ocw/?utm_source=ocw&utm_medium=homepage_banner&utm_campaign=nextgen_home)about ocw (https://ocw.mit.edu/about)help & faqs (https://mitocw.zendesk.com/hc/en-us)contact us (https://mitocw.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) 21L.011 | Fall 2013 | Undergraduate The Film Experience (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/) Menu Course Description This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema. It explores the work of Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Capra, Hawks, Hitchcock, Altman, Renoir, DeSica, …Show more This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art cinema. It explores the work of Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Capra, Hawks, Hitchcock, Altman, Renoir, DeSica, and Kurosawa. Through comparative reading of films from different eras and countries, students develop the skills to turn their in-depth analyses into interpretations and explore theoretical issues related to spectatorship.Show less Course Info Instructor • Prof. David Thorburn (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?q=Prof.+David+Thorburn) Departments • Literature (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?d=Literature) Topics • Fine Arts (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?t=Fine+Arts) • Visual Arts (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?t=Visual+Arts) • Film and Video (https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?t=Film+and+Video) Learning Resource Types _co\present Instructor Insights notes Lecture Notes theaters Lecture Videos podcasts Podcasts assignment Written Assignments Buster Keaton in The General (1926). (Public domain image.) • Download Course (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/download) https://openlearning.mit.edu/ Over 2,500 courses & materials Freely sharing knowledge with learners and educators around the world. Learn more (https://ocw.mit.edu/about) https://www.facebook.com/MITOCW https://www.instagram.com/mitocw https://twitter.com/MITOCW https://www.youtube.com/mitocw https://www.linkedin.com/company/mit-opencourseware/ https://bsky.app/profile/mitocw.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@mitocw © 2001–2026 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Accessibility (https://accessibility.mit.edu/) Creative Commons License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) Terms and Conditions (https://ocw.mit.edu/pages/privacy-and-terms-of-use/) Proud member of: https://www.oeglobal.org/ https://www.facebook.com/MITOCW https://www.instagram.com/mitocw https://twitter.com/MITOCW https://www.youtube.com/mitocw https://www.linkedin.com/company/mit-opencourseware/ https://bsky.app/profile/mitocw.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@mitocw © 2001–2026 Massachusetts Institute of Technology You are leaving MIT OpenCourseWare close Please be advised that external sites may have terms and conditions, including license rights, that differ from ours. MIT OCW is not responsible for any content on third party sites, nor does a link suggest an endorsement of those sites and/or their content. Stay Here Continue (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/#)