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Tod Browning was one of the great auteurs of American cinema in the 1920s and 30s, acclaimed and reviled in equal measure for his unique tales of the grotesque and macabre, of circuses and sideshows, of magic and illusion, of physical and psychological disfigurement. Best known for his association with the ‘Man of a Thousand Faces’ Lon Chaney in the 20s, Browning went on to kickstart the horror boom of the 30s with Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi. Many of his films remain challenging and controversial to this day, particularly his portrayals of disability, seen both as sympathetic and empowering and as exploitative and demeaning. This new course will explore Browning’s career in detail, illustrated with numerous extracts and complete feature films.

Tutor: Matthew Jarron
Matthew is Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee, looking after a collection of over 30,000 objects, artworks and specimens and running the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, the Tayside Medical History Museum, and the exhibition programme in the Tower Foyer & Lamb Galleries. He also has a lifelong passion for cinema and has taught film history evening classes in Dundee since 2001.

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This is a four-week course which runs every Thursday evening from 6.30-9pm, starting on 10th October and finishing on 31st October.

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