How Films Think (ENG-0186)

Spring 2026 · ENG 0186 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Advanced seminar exploring the languages of cinematic representation. Attention to visual logic and the relation between techniques of cinematic rhetoric (montage, the long take, shot/reverse shot) and the effect of cinematic ¿thought.¿ Close study of films by directors such as Welles, Scorsese, Coppola, Tarantino, and Lynch; additional attention to recent work in film studies and cinema theory. Recommendations: ENG 1, 2 REQUIRED or Fulfillment of College Writing Requirement. Recommended that the student already have taken either ENG 20,21,22, or 23.

Course codes: ENG-0186, ENG 0186, ENG0186, ENG-186, ENG 186, ENG186, ILVS-0186, ILVS 0186, ILVS0186, ILVS-186, ILVS 186, ILVS186, FMS-0186, FMS 0186, FMS0186, FMS-186, FMS 186, FMS186

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