Film Traditions

Information on the national film traditions covered in FLM 170: German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, and the French New Wave. Bonus materials: an overview of Kurosawa’s groundbreaking Rashomon, a presentation on film genres, and a brief recap of preclassical cinema.

German Expressionism
The Shadow of German Expressionism
Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will
Soviet Montage
The French New Wave
Worldviews and National Cinema Traditions
Rashomon
Film genres
Preclassical cinema