Central European Cinemas within the Context of the World Cinema

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
311CEW	ZK	3	5/T	English	winter and summer

Subject guarantor:

Vít JANEČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Vít JANEČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students receive complex insight into social/political/cultural landmarks of the past century development of Central European region and its connection to cinema.

Mode of study:

Lecture with excerpts of films followed by the screening of one complete selected film.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

The lectures do not presuppose any previous knowledge of Central European Cinematography therefore there are no conditions for registration.

Recommended optional programme components:

Recommended optional component: Other films mentioned in lectures.

Course contents:

The course is based on considering historical and cultural background of five post-communist countries of Central Europe and to show its role for development of cinema. There are considered key names and films of the whole region of the period mainly after WWII. This event and its impact for art and cinema is considered as a common collective experience of several generations

1.+2. Central (middle Europe) and its landmark within (film) history

Czechoslovakia (Czech/Slovak Republic since 1993)

Poland, Hungary, Romania - Backstories of the region

1914-1918 WWI / 1939 - 1945 WWII / Key landmarks after the war

Centralized cinema run by the state and its consequences

Artistic criteria

Establishing of film reflective disciplines on university level

Film festivals as source / network of values

3+4.

Czech(oslovak) cinema and WWII

Jiří Weiss: Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)

Stanislav Barabáš: The Song of TheGrey Pigeon (1961)

Peter Solan: The Boxer and Death (1962)

Štefan Uher: The Organ (1964)

Václav Krška: Řeka čaruje / The Magic of the River (1945)

Václav Krška: Měsíc nad řekou / The Moon over the River (1953)

Václav Krška: Stříbrný vítr / Silver Wind (1954)

Ladislav Helge: Škola otců / School of fathers (1957)

5. Polish Cinema and WWII

Andrzej Wajda: A Generation 1954

Andrzej Wajda: Kanal 1956

Andrzej Wajda: Ashes and Diamonds 19582_creation

Andrzej Munk: Passanger (1963) /unfinished/

6. Hungarian cinema and WWII

Miklos Jancso: The hopeless ones (7058)

Miklos Jancso: Elektra, my love (5789)

Miklos Jancso: My way home (6278 nebo 6184)

Istvan Szabo: Mefisto (06281)

Istvan Szabo: Sunshine (2939)

7.+8. Romanian cinema in its specific development

+ Romanian New Wave

shorts: Coffee and Cigaretek, Traffic

Cristi Puiu: The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu (2005)

Cristian Mungiu: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007 (109 min)

and others

9.+10 Czech films of the 50ies and around

František Vláčil: The White Dove (1960)

Martin Frič:Pytlákova schovanka aneb Šlechetný milionář / The poacher's foster daughter or The noble-minded millionaire (1949)

Ladislav Rychman: Starci na chmelu / Green Gold (1964)

Oldřich Lipský: Limonádový Joe /Lemonade Joe (1964)

11.+12 Czech New Wave and test and discussion

Recommended or required reading:

Recommended reading:

World Cinema: Hungary by Bryan Burns, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996

The Czechoslovak New Wave by Peter Hames, New York, Wallflower Press, 2005

All the Bright Young Men and Women: a Personal History of the Czech Cinema by Josef Škvorecký, Peter P. Martin Associates, 1971

The Silenced Movie - Jan Žalman by The National Film Archive in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 1993

Romanian Cinema: From Modernity to Neo-Realism - Film Criticism, Allegheny College, 2010

In Short(S) About the New Romanian Cinema (Short Films) - Film Criticism, Allegheny College, 2010

The Cinema of Central Europe by Peter Hames

http://books.google.cz/books?id=0KhyA30EJiUC&lpg=PA277&ots=1LTPCYmwH0&dq=central%20european%20cinema%20and%20james&hl=cs&pg=PA252#v=onepage&q=central%20european%20cinema%20and%20james&f=false

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

1 page test at the end + an Essay 4-6 pages on the issue Stories and backstories of Central European Cinema

sent by 15th January at vit.janecek@famu.cz (please note your name and CEC in the Subject)

Course web page:

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Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

	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
Wed	místnost 241 Učebna 3 (Lažanský palác) JANEČEK V. 17:20–21:25 (přednášková par. 1) Lecture + Projection
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	17:20–21:25	JANEČEK V.	Učebna 3 Lažanský palác	Lecture + Projection	přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

	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
Wed
Thu	místnost 241 Učebna 3 (Lažanský palác) DUTA D. 17:20–18:55 (přednášková par. 1)místnost 124 Projekce FAMU (Lažanský palác) DUTA D. 19:00–21:25 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	17:20–18:55	DUTA D.	Učebna 3 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1
	Thu	19:00–21:25	DUTA D.	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Photography EN - Bachelor (optional subject)
Photography EN - Master (optional subject)
Erasmus (optional subject)
Cinematography (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting-2014 (optional subject)
Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (optional subject)