Acevedo-Munoz, Ernesto R

Research

research overview

Dr. Acevedo Muñoz's research, teaching and publications focus on film theory, film & literature, Latin American and Spanish cinemas & culture, Hollywood genres, and on directors Luis Buñuel, Pedro Almodóvar, Stanley Kubrick, and Alfred Hitchcock.

keywords

New & Contemporary Latin American Cinemas, Hollywood Film Genres, Luis Buñuel & Pedro Almodóvar, Classic Film Theory, Film & Musical theatre adaptations, French cinema culture

Publications

selected publications

book
- West Side Story As Cinema 2013
- Pedro Almodovar 2007
- Buñuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema 2003
chapter
- Kubrick and Acting.. 121-132. 2020
- "EVERYTHING GLEE IN 'AMERICA' " Context, Race, and Identity Politics in the Glee (2009-2015) Appropriation of West Side Story (1961). 249-265. 2020
- "Todos nos volvemos un poco locos de vez en cuando" Buñuel y Hitchcock.. 293-324. 2017
- Transnational tryptic: the traps of national cinemas in Bunuel's Cela s'appelle l'aurore, La mort en ce jardin and La fievre monte El Pao. 340-361. 2013
- 'Strange and New ...': Subjectivity and the Ineffable in The Sweet Hereafter. 131-155. 2008
journal article
- “Me mirabas”: Steven Soderbergh’s Latin America. Mise au Point. 2018
- Coming into the light: Alumbramiento in context. Short Film Studies. 207-210. 2011
- 'Ensayo trémulo': Un desencuentro literario entre Buñuel y Almodóvar. 91-105. 2009
- Buñuel and Mexico: the crisis of national cinema. Latin American Research Review. 273-282. 2005
- Sex, Class, and Mexico in Alfonso Cuaron's Y tu mama tambien. Film and History: an interdisciplinary journal of film and television studies. 39-48. 2004

Teaching

courses taught

ARTF 5004 - Topics in Film Theory
Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
Provides topic-centered analyses of controversial areas in film theory. Students read extensive materials in the topic area, analyze and summarize arguments as presented in the literature, write "position" papers and make oral presentations in which they elaborate their own arguments about specific assigned topic, establishing critical dialogue with the primary materials. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as CINE 4004 and HUMN 4004.
ARTF 6959 - Master's Thesis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Preparation, research, writing of critical studies Master's thesis in fulfillment of concurrent BAM in Cinema Studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
ARTH 6949 - Master's Candidate for Degree
Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
Registration intended for students preparing for a thesis defense, final examination, culminating activity, or completion of degree.
CINE 1502 - Introduction to Cinema Studies
Primary Instructor - Spring 2023 / Fall 2024
Introduces basic media literacy by exploring the technical and aesthetic principles behind the production, analysis and interpretation of films. Explores comprehension and thinking about movies critically as technological, cultural and artistic products. Study of films in different social and historical contexts and discussion of the importance of movies as cultural products. Formerly FILM 1502.
CINE 3003 - Major Film Directors
Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Fall 2024
Focuses on the work of a single director or a group of related directors. Course content varies each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours with departmental consent. Non-majors/minors need instructor consent. Recommended prerequisite: students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors). Formerly FILM 3003.

CINE 3004 - Alfred Hitchcock: The American Films
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2022
Intensive survey of Hitchcock's American films from 1940 (Rebecca) to 1964 (Marnie). We will concentrate on in-depth analysis of the most influential and significant films made by the most important movie director of the Hollywood era. We will pay special attention to Hitchcock's deep understanding of the intricacies of film language, style and form in relation to the themes and subjects that interested him: guilt, sex, gender relations, crime and punishment, "mothers". Non-majors will need instructor's consent. Formerly FILM 3004.

CINE 3042 - Horror Film: History, Contexts, Aesthetics
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023
Surveys the most exemplary and significant films in the Horror film genre from the 1920s to the present. With a historical emphasis, the course explores the ways in which the Horror genre has evolved in response to shifting social anxieties and cultural developments, and its reflections on society in various national or international contexts. Expect disturbing content and images. Formerly FILM 3042. Non-majors will need department consent to enroll.

CINE 3043 - Topics in Critical Film Studies
Primary Instructor - Summer 2020 / Summer 2021 / Summer 2022 / Summer 2023
Prepares students for advanced Film Critical Studies work. Subject matter varies from semester to semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided topics are different. Formerly FILM 3043.

CINE 3402 - European Film and Culture
Primary Instructor - Summer 2022 / Summer 2024
Studies the relationships between European film, art and culture. Offered each summer in a different European city (Rome, Paris, London, Athens, Barcelona). There will be regular in-class lectures, film screenings, field trips and on-site teaching. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisite: introductory film and art history courses. Formerly FILM 3402.

CINE 3422 - The Hollywood Musical
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2024
Second only to jazz, some critics regard the Hollywood musical as the greatest American popular art form of the 20th century. Proposes a historical, formal and theoretical approach to the musical through its several iterations, from the classical, to the revisionist, to the unusual, placing the changes in the genre's form, structure, and ideology in the context of America's changing social, political and religious values. Non-majors/minors require instructor consent. Formerly FILM 3422. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 3051.

CINE 3940 - Cinema Studies Internship
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Provides students with professional internship experiences with film, video, new media production companies, governmental agencies, production units, audio recording studios and new media industries. Students will be responsible for securing their own internship position. May be repeated up to 9 credit hours. Recommended prerequisite: CU GPA of at least 2.00 and upper-division standing and a 3.00 GPA as a BA or BFA Cinema Studies major. Formerly FILM 3940.

CINE 4004 - Topics in Film Theory
Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
Provides topic-centered analyses of controversial areas in film theory. Students read extensive materials in the topic area, analyze and summarize arguments as presented in the literature, write "position" papers and make oral presentations in which they elaborate their own arguments about specific assigned topic, establishing critical dialogue with the primary materials. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 3051. Same as HUMN 4004 and ARTF 5004.

CINE 4959 - Honors Senior Thesis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
For exceptional Film Studies majors who wish to write an honors thesis based on independent research or creative work under the direction of a faculty member. Formerly FILM 4959.

FILM 3002 - Major Film Movements
Primary Instructor - Spring 2019
Historical-aesthetic survey dealing with various styles, movements, genres or national cinemas. Can be taught in conjunction with the appropriate language department. Typical offers are in the French, the German or the Russian films, etc. Also offers detailed approaches to specific styles, subjects or genres: film comedy, melodrama, the Western, women filmmakers, German expressionist cinema, Italian neorealism, etc. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours within the same term with departmental consent. Formerly FILM 3002.

FILM 3042 - Horror Film: History, Contexts, Aesthetics
Primary Instructor - Summer 2018
Surveys the most exemplary and significant films in the Horror film genre from the 1920s to the present. With a historical emphasis, the course explores the ways in which the Horror genre has evolved in response to shifting social anxieties and cultural developments, and its reflections on society in various national or international contexts. Expect disturbing content and images. Formerly FILM 3042. Non-majors will need department consent to enroll.

FILM 3422 - The Hollywood Musical
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
Second only to jazz, some critics regard the Hollywood musical as the greatest American popular art form of the 20th century. Proposes a historical, formal and theoretical approach to the musical through its several iterations, from the classical, to the revisionist, to the unusual, placing the changes in the genre's form, structure, and ideology in the context of America's changing social, political and religious values. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 3051. Formerly FILM 3422.

FILM 4004 - Topics in Film Theory
Primary Instructor - Summer 2019
Provides topic-centered analyses of controversial areas in film theory. Students read extensive materials in the topic area, analyze and summarize arguments as presented in the literature, write "position" papers and make oral presentations in which they elaborate their own arguments about specific assigned topic, establishing critical dialogue with the primary materials. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 3051. Same as HUMN 4004 and ARTF 5004.

FILM 4023 - Topics in International Cinema
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018

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