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TDGE 124. Cult Films: Weirdly Dramatic (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/THEA.html#tdge124

Description

A select survey of eight to ten exceptional offbeat, frequently low-budget films from the last sixty years that have attained cult status. The mix includes Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932) to John Water’s Pink Flamingos (1973). Aspects of bad taste, cinematic irony, and theatrical invention will be highlighted. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Prerequisite courses

TDGE 124 has no prerequisite courses.

Successor courses

No courses have TDGE 124 as a prerequisite.