FILM 196 Hollywood in the 1960s

This course will focus on the film history of the 1960s and the changing values and social unrest reflected on the screen. Films discussed in the class will include 'The Graduate' in 1967, 'Easy Rider' in 1969, and 'Midnight Cowboy' in 1969, as well as the implications of the most regal of the old Hollywood studios, MGM, going bankrupt in this decade.