Pentium - History of Audiovisualization: Film Noir 2

Subject guarantor:

Petra DOMINKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Petra DOMINKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students expand knowledge of Film Noir.

Mode of study:

Week 1 [Weds. 12. Feb.]

Topic: Censura

Screening: BLOOD SIMPLE (Zbytečná krutost, Joel + Ethan Coen, 1984, 97„) or FARGO (Joel + Ethan Coen, 1996, 98“)

Reading: Dominková (censure) + BUĎ Woolfolk (Blood Simple) OR Abrams (Fargo).

Week 2 [Weds. 19. Feb.]

Topic: Communisim and film noir (threat from the East + McCarthyism)

Screening: RED ROCK WEST (John Dahl, 1992, 94")

Reading: Levy.

Week 3 [Weds. 26. Feb.]

Topic: Color noir

Screening: NIAGARA (Henry Hathaway, 1953, 89", English subtitles)

Reading: Schleier.

Week 4 [Weds, 5. Mar.]

Topic: Experiments in filmu noir: perceptive/mental subjectivity and others.

Screening: DARK PASSAGE (Temná pasáž, Delmer Daves, 1947, 107", English subtitles)

Reading: Telotte.

Week 5 [Weds. 12. Mar.]

Topic: Police procedure

Screening: THE NAKED CITY (Obnažené město, Jules Dassin, 1948, 95")

Reading: Dimenberg.

Week 6 [Weds. 19. Mar.]

Topic: On the borders of other genres: Gothic film

Screening: GASLIGHT (Plynové lampy, George Cukor, 1944, 114")

Reading: Hanson.

Week 7 [Weds. 26. Mar.]

Topic: On the borders of other genres: The Western

Screening: PURSUED (Pronásledovaný, Raoul Walsh, 1947, 101", English subtitles)

Reading: Imogen.

ESSAY DEADLINE

Week 8 [Weds. 2. April]

Topic: On the borders of other genres: Melodrama

Screening: MILDRED PIERCE (Mildred Piercová, Michael Curtiz, 1945, 111", English subtitles)

Reading: Corber.

Week 9 [Weds, 9. Apr.]

Topic: Parody of film noir and comedy

Screening: A RAGE IN HARLEM (Poprask v Harlemu, Bill Duke, 1991, 115")

Reading: Naremore, 196-219.

Week 10 [Weds, 16. Apr.]

Topic: European Film noir

Screening: ODD MAN OUT (Štvanec, Carol Reed, 1947, 116")

Reading: ???.

Week 11 [Weds. 23. Apr.]

Topic: Japanese film noir

Screening: A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (Takaši Nomura, 1967, 84")

Reading: ???.

Week 12 [Weds. 30. Apr.]

Topic: Followers - neo noir, 1960s and 70s.

Screening: TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE (Střílejte na pianistu, Francois Truffaut, 1960, 85„) NEBO LE DOULOS (Práskač, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962, 108“)

Reading: Dickos.

Week 13 [Weds, 7. May]

Topic: Followers - post-noir

Screening: A SIMPLE PLAN (Jednoduchý plán, Sam Raimi, 1998, 121")

Reading: Cobb + Skoble.

Week 14 [Weds. 14. May]

Topic: Closing - discussion on lectures, feedback; colloquium

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Participation: Students are to attend lessons, including film screenings.

Activity: Students are to join into dicussions - debates about films which are an important part of the lessons.

Presentation: Each student will lead at least one discussion about a film shown in the previous class and contribute a brief summary presentation.

Essay (3pgs. minimum, i.e. 1,050 words): An essay about one Film Noir; Students will create their own topic, which will be consulted upon with the instructor.

Due date: 27 March.

Colloquium: Film Noir discussion. Students demonstrate a knowledge of the topic and films discussed during the semester. Date: May 14.

Recommended optional programme components:

- Blog about Film Noir in Czech: http://filmnoirblog.blogspot.cz/ (there are a number of links to relevant webpages in English)

- A special web edition of the web magazine (25 fps) about Film Noir, at this address: http://25fps.cz/tag/11-cislo/

Course contents:

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with one of the most interesting American styles of film - Film Noir and as well its successors. Each lesson is focused on one aspect of Film Noir. Students will have the opportunity to view a number of well-known and lesser-known excerpts from Film Noir films and 11 feature-length films (most in English with Czech subtitles). This course is a continuation of the Winter 2013 semester course and is designed to be comprehensible also for students who did not complete the Winter semester.

Week 1 [Weds. 12. Feb.]

Topic: Censura

Screening: BLOOD SIMPLE (Zbytečná krutost, Joel + Ethan Coen, 1984, 97„) or FARGO (Joel + Ethan Coen, 1996, 98“)

Reading: Dominková (censure) + BUĎ Woolfolk (Blood Simple) OR Abrams (Fargo).

Week 2 [Weds. 19. Feb.]

Topic: Communisim and film noir (threat from the East + McCarthyism)

Screening: RED ROCK WEST (John Dahl, 1992, 94")

Reading: Levy.

Week 3 [Weds. 26. Feb.]

Topic: Color noir

Screening: NIAGARA (Henry Hathaway, 1953, 89", English subtitles)

Reading: Schleier.

Week 4 [Weds, 5. Mar.]

Topic: Experiments in filmu noir: perceptive/mental subjectivity and others.

Screening: DARK PASSAGE (Temná pasáž, Delmer Daves, 1947, 107", English subtitles)

Reading: Telotte.

Week 5 [Weds. 12. Mar.]

Topic: Police procedure

Screening: THE NAKED CITY (Obnažené město, Jules Dassin, 1948, 95")

Reading: Dimenberg.

Week 6 [Weds. 19. Mar.]

Topic: On the borders of other genres: Gothic film

Screening: GASLIGHT (Plynové lampy, George Cukor, 1944, 114")

Reading: Hanson.

Week 7 [Weds. 26. Mar.]

Topic: On the borders of other genres: The Western

Screening: PURSUED (Pronásledovaný, Raoul Walsh, 1947, 101", English subtitles)

Reading: Imogen.

ESSAY DEADLINE

Week 8 [Weds. 2. April]

Topic: On the borders of other genres: Melodrama

Screening: MILDRED PIERCE (Mildred Piercová, Michael Curtiz, 1945, 111", English subtitles)

Reading: Corber.

Week 9 [Weds, 9. Apr.]

Topic: Parody of film noir and comedy

Screening: A RAGE IN HARLEM (Poprask v Harlemu, Bill Duke, 1991, 115")

Reading: Naremore, 196-219.

Week 10 [Weds, 16. Apr.]

Topic: European Film noir

Screening: ODD MAN OUT (Štvanec, Carol Reed, 1947, 116")

Reading: ???.

Week 11 [Weds. 23. Apr.]

Topic: Japanese film noir

Screening: A COLT IS MY PASSPORT (Takaši Nomura, 1967, 84")

Reading: ???.

Week 12 [Weds. 30. Apr.]

Topic: Followers - neo noir, 1960s and 70s.

Screening: TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE (Střílejte na pianistu, Francois Truffaut, 1960, 85„) NEBO LE DOULOS (Práskač, Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962, 108“)

Reading: Dickos.

Week 13 [Weds, 7. May]

Topic: Followers - post-noir

Screening: A SIMPLE PLAN (Jednoduchý plán, Sam Raimi, 1998, 121")

Reading: Cobb + Skoble.

Week 14 [Weds. 14. May]

Topic: Closing - discussion on lectures, feedback; colloquium

Recommended or required reading:

All writings will be available in electronic form:

Abrams, Jerold J. - „A Homespoon Murder Story“. Film Noir and the Problem of Modernity in Fargo- In: Philosophy of the Coen Brothers, ed. by Conard, Mark T. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington 2009, s. 211?223.

Cobb, Sharon Y. „Writing the New Noir Film.“ In: Film Noir Reader 2, ed. by Silver, Alain, and James Ursini. Limelight Editions, New York 2003, s. 207?213. Též zde: http://intelligentagent.com/noir/Cobb.pdf

Corber, Robert J. „Joan Crawford's Padded Shoulders: Female Masculinity in Mildred Pierce“. Camera Obscura vol. 21, no. 2 (2006), s. 1?36.

Dickos, Andrew. Street With No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir. University Press of Kentucky, 2013, s. 222?234. (Chp. - „The Noir Influence of the French New Wave“)

Dimenberg, Edward. Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, London. 2004, s. 196-219. (Chp. „Parody, Pastiche, Fashion“)

Dominková, Petra. „Film noir a cenzura.“ Kinoikon č. 1, 2007, s. 181?192.

Hanson, Helen. Hollywood Heroines: Women in film noir and the Female Gothic Film. I.B. Tauris, London, New York. 2008, s. 33?62.

Imogen, Sara Smith. „Past Sunset. Noir in the West“. Brightlights Film Journal no. 66 (November 2009). Dostupné zde: http://brightlightsfilm.com/66/66noirwesterns.php

Levy, Emanuel. Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film. NYU Press, New York. 2001, s. 231?235. (Chp. „Cowboy Noir - John Dahl“)

Naremore, James. More Than Night. University of California Press, Los Angeles. 1998, s. 196-219. (Chp. „Parody, Pastiche, Fashion“)

Scoble, Aeon J. „Justice and Moral Corruption in A Simple Plan.“ In: Philosophy of Neo-Noir, ed. by Conard, Mark T. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington 2009, s. 83?90.

Schleier, Merrill. „Fatal Attractions, - Place“, the Korean War, and Gender in Niagara.- Cinema Journal 51, č. 4 (Summer 2012), s. 26-43.

Telotte, J. P. „Seeing in Dark Passage“. Film Criticism vol. 9, no. 2 (zima 1984/85), s. 15?27.

Woolfolk, Alan. „Deceit, Desire, and Dark Comedy. Postmodern Dead-Ends in Blood Simple“ In: Philosophy of the Coen Brothers, ed. by Conard, Mark T. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington 2009, s. 79?90.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture, screenings

Assessment methods and criteria:

Final grading will be calculated as follows:

Attendance and participation (25%); Presentation (25%); Essay (25%); Discussions (25%)

Course web page:

http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II

Note:

Final grading will be calculated in the following manner:

Attendance and participation (20%), Presentation (20%), Essay (25%), Final essay (35%)

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri	místnost 207 Učebna 2 (Lažanský palác) DOMINKOVÁ P. 14:50–18:05 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Fri	14:50–18:05	DOMINKOVÁ P.	Učebna 2 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
• Restoring of Photogrphy (faculty subject, optional subject)