ENG 3600 Spring 2025 - Selby

In this course, we will approach Hollywood Cinema through the study of Sci-Fi films that subvert audience expectations via groundbreaking narrative construction, unsettling genre, innovative point of view, and various cinematic techniques. This includes film marketing vs. audience reception. Our examination will span mid-century Hollywood to the present day, from The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise) to Everything Everywhere All At Once (Daniel Kwan), with a focus on modern film. Films of study may include: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Children of Men, Under the Skin, They Live, Wall-E, Videodrome, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Ex Machina.