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Focus on French crime films, thrillers, and films noirs. Films studied will include movies by Jean-Pierre Melville, Dassin, Godard, Chabrol; French responses to US genre movies and to Hitchcock, and contemporary versions of the crime film in France (Jacques Audiard, Michael Haneke). Strong focus on discussion and analyses of film sequences in class and on oral presentations. Additional assignments will involve vocabulary and grammar study. Recommended Background: 210.301 or 210.302 or equivalent score on placement test