Review:
Prof. Edelman is clearly very intelligent, and his lectures are great. The first few seem too short because you want to keep listening to him talk. He encourages discussion--but only to a degree. If a student disagrees or says something too simple, he tends to be a little harsh--which sucks in front of a class of 75. The movies are great to watch because they're such a part of cinematic history.
My biggest qualm is that the film theory was really hard to believe at times, especially since Hitchcock scholars tend to focus on psychoanalysis. It was my first film course, so that may be why I had trouble accepting it, but be prepared to force yourself to believe some really suspect theories.

Workload:
The reading is minimal, but really dense theory and pretty boring. The films are exciting, but usually around 2 hours or longer. There are two 5-page papers, which are REALLY difficult, and he/the TA's are VERY tough graders.

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