TuTh, 11:15 AM-12:30 PM, BH 242
Required film screening: W, 4:00 PM-6:30 PM (this screening time is
tentative – please check OneStart before you register to see if the
time has changed)

Prerequisite: CMCL-C 190 or consent of instructor

Fulfills COLL A&H Requirement
Carries COLL Intensive Writing Credit

Instructor: Joan Hawkins
Email: jchawkin@indiana.edu
Office: Mottier Hall 113
Phone: 855-1548

In this class we’ll be looking at some key trends in the post-1950
Euro-American thriller, paying particular attention to polars
(French crime dramas), gialli (Italian erotic thrillers which border
on horror) and erotic thrillers (which occasionally encroach on
porn).  Films will include a British film, Mr. In-Between (2001),
which has finally been released in the U.S.; Svart Lucia, a Swedish
erotic thriller; North by Northwest; Claude Chabrol’s Hitchcockian
film Le Boucher;  Caché; Wait Until Dark; The Dutchman (originally
written by Amiri Baraka); Blue Steel; Deep Red; gialli by Mario
Bava, Dario Argento and Aldo Lado; the BBC series Prime Suspect I; a
made-for-TV thriller and a direct-to-video erotic thriller.

Course work will include one short paper (5 pages), one longer paper
(12-15 pages), a midterm and a final exam.

Readings:
Charles Derry, The Suspense Thriller
Linda Ruth Williams, The Erotic Thriller
Susanna Moore, In the Cut
Maitland McDonagh,  Broken Mirrors, Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of
Dario Argento
Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing About Film
plus  a selection of essays