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Contemporary Indian Independent Cinema and its Roots

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
300MINK Z 2 1/D English, Czech summer
Subject guarantor:
Jan BERNARD
Name of lecturer(s):
Jan BERNARD
Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Inspirative glimpse about contemporary indian independent cinema, its context and its roots.

Mode of study:

Attended course

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Interest and orientation in european authors cinema

Recommended optional programme components:

Asian film Pentium

Course contents:

Modul will guide us not only throught contemporary indian independent cinema and its roots throught sceernings of many short previews and screenings of three full feature films: Our Daily Bread, (Uski Roti, directed by: Mani Kaul, 1969), Ship Of Theseus (directed by: Anand Gandhi, 2013), Six Feet High (Oraalppokkam, directed by: Sanalkumar Sasidharan, 2014), but mainly we will also discover the beauty of the content and originality of its film language. We will also aproach throught screened films towards the paradoxes of life and filmmaking in India.

Recommended or required reading:

BORDWELL, David; THOMPSON, Kristin (2007): Dějiny filmu. Praha: Akademie múzických umění. Přel. Helena Bendová a další (McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2004).

BRESSON, Robert (1998): Poznámky o kinematografu. Praha: Dauphin. Přel. Miloš Fryš (Gallimard, 1995).

COOPER, Darius (2000): The Cinema of Satayjit Ray, Between Tradition and Modernity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

CUNHA, da Uma (1981): The New Generation 1960 ? 1980. Directorate of Film Festivals, New Delhi.

HOOD, W., John (2009): The Essential Mystery. Orient BlackSwan, New Delhi.

MONACO, James (2004): Jak číst film. Praha: Albatros. Přel. Tomáš Liška, Jan Valenta (Oxford University Press, London 2000).

MONACO, James (2001): Nová Vlna. Praha: Akademie múzických umění. Přel. Vít Janeček, Tomáš Liška (Oxford University Press, New York 1976-7).

PLAŽEWSKI, Jerzy (1967): Filmová řeč. Praha: Orbis. Přel. Zdeněk Smejkal (Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, Varšava 1961).

RAY, Bibekananda (2005): Conscience of the Race, India´s Offbeat Cinema. Publications Division, New Delhi.

RAY, Satyajit (1976): Our Films, Their Films. Orient Longman Limited, New Delhi.

SAARI, Anil (2009): Hindi Cinema, An Insider ´s View. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

SARKAR, Kobita: Indian Cinema Today. Sterling Publishers PVT LTD, New Delhi.

ŠKAPOVÁ, Zdena (1987): Robert Bresson. Praha: Československý filmový ústav.

THORAVAL, Yves (2000): The Cinemas of India. Macmillan India Limited, New Delhi.

TOTEBERG, Michael (2005): Lexikon světového filmu. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler Verlag. Přel. Veronika Dudková, Marcela Maešová, Petra Kopplová a Petr Kurka.

VAJPEYI, Udayan; SINGH, Gurvinder (1994): Uncloven Space. Quiver Books, Bhopal.

VASUDEV, Aruna; LENGLET, Philippe (1983): Indian Cinema Super Bazaar. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House PVT LTD.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture, screening of selected films and films previews, discussion

Assessment methods and criteria:

Active aproach towards the subject and cooperation. The written analysis of one of the screened film is compulsory.

Course web page:
Note:

For more informations please contact: viktoria.dz@gmail.com.

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
24.04.2015 09:30–17:30 BERNARD J. Učebna 1
Lažanský palác 		Lecturer: Viktoria Rampal dzurenko přednášková par. 1
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