FILM3010 · Fine Arts
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
What makes us laugh or cry? And how do filmmakers bring together individual stories of laughter and tears to recreate a common shared experience of heartache and joy? Comedy blended with tragedy, films that portray life's bittersweet reality can inspire and guide us as we try to understand ourselves and others. Our course explores films that reveal both comedic and tragic aspects of life from across the decades and across the globe. Films include:Death at a Funeral (British version), Life is Beautiful, BlacKkKlansman, MASH, Waking Ned Devine, The Ladykillers andAnalyze This.
Course experience
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Organization
4.9 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.8 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.9 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
5.0 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
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Spring 2025
1 section