This course will explore and enjoy how film makers across the globe have adapted short stories into remarkable and compelling films that stand apart from the sources as works of art in themselves. We will start with the stories but look at how the films go beyond fidelity to the original to create works with their own aesthetics and integrity. Films will include Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast, the Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami's heart-warming Where is the Friend's House?, the Turkish film Winter Sleep (based on a work by Anton Chekhov), the neo-Western Brokeback Mountain, the Indian film Seven Sins Forgiven (based on a story about a woman whose six husbands mysteriously die), and the Korean hit film Burning.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 30

Prerequisites: None.

Distribution Requirements: ARS - Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video; LL - Language and Literature

Typical Periods Offered: Every other year

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring