An introduction to film narrative. The major emphasis will be on the formal properties of film as a medium for telling stories, but attention will also be given to theoretical accounts of the nature of cinema and of the viewer's relation to it, to genre, and to significant developments in the history of cinema. Students will view films by such directors as Keaton, Eisenstein, Welles, Renoir, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, and Scorsese. Critical readings will be assigned. Note: This is a lecture course, supplemented by occasional required discussion sections. Students who dislike large classes are advised to find another course. Requirements: two short written exercises; one six-page paper; midterm and final exams. No prerequisite. Enrollment limit: 80 (expected: 80). Enrollment preference as follows: (1) English and Comp/Lit. Studies majors; (2) Sophomores; (3) Junior non-majors; (4) Senior non-majors; (5) First-year students. (Post-1900)