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The History of World Cinema 3

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
373DSK3 ZK 2 6/T Czech winter
Subject guarantor:
Jan BERNARD
Name of lecturer(s):
Jan BERNARD
Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the lecture series and screenings is, in the three semesters, to provide a basic knowledge of the development of world cinema from its prehistory to the 1980s, particularly regarding the most important types, genres, currents, styles and figures in the entirety of cinema. This includes political, economic and artistic contexts, audience lifestyle, etc. The lectures and screenings are the foundation of knowledge necessary for a better understanding of the related specialized lectures

Mode of study:

Lecture supplemented by film samples and study projects.

Information from lecture is supplemented by study of presented literature and individual „close reading“ of recommended films.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Knowledge of the history of world cinema up to 1945, general knowledge of world literature, fine arts, photography and world history. Knowledge of English as well.

Recommended optional programme components:

Independent study of the aforementioned supplementary study or similar literature and „detailed readings“ of recommended films.

Course contents:

Survey of the History of Cinema III (ZS) 2013/2014

FAMU CAS / FF UK KFS

For FAMU 2nd year students

Three semesters of lectures in the history of world film is design as a complete introduction to the history of world film for students in the first and second years of study. The lecture attempts, in accordance with so called new film history, to acquaint students not only with the aesthetic and biographic levels of the history of cinema (artistically important artists and directions, their interaction, links to other types of art, etc.) but also with the socio-cultural, economic and institutional picture which cinematography of that time to an important extent is determined and which influenced by it. The course is supplemented with regular screenings of selected films.

Coordinator: Jan Bernard (jan.bernard@famu.cz)

Location: FAMU, classroom U2, No.# 207 on the second floor, Weds. 9:00 - 13:55

Requirements for successful completion of the course:

1) Reading of the required literature, that is, books by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Dějiny filmu, NAMU+NLN Praha 2007, edited edition 2011. (FAMU students in daily study have the opportunity to purchase, with a discount, from a limited number at the FAMU library) For the test concluding each semester, it is sufficient to read those section of the books which cover the periods in the lectures of the given semester. General supplementary lecture literature, among others: D´Agostini, Paolo: Legendární filmy, Praha 1989; Sova, Dawn B.: Zakázané filmy, Praha 2005; Toterberg, Michael (ed): Lexikon světového filmu, Praha ? Litvínov 2005). The supplementary literature for individual lectures is largely found in the syllabuses for those classes on the CAS webpages. (Supplementary literature is not required. It serves only as to assist the students in further study.)

2) Viewing compulsory films

An inseparable part of the lecture material in each lecture is the viewing of 2 to 3 compulsory films, of which at least one will be shown at the school in the lecture. The others must be viewed by the students independently from the lectures. With exceptions, some films shown during lecture are compulsory films available on VHS or DVD at the FAMU video library.

Be aware that parts of the exam are verification of knowledge of the compulsory films and their contextual interpretation.

3) Knowledge of the lecture material

Grading:

Each semester is concluded with an oral exam in which one fundamental topic is asked about, a second supplementary question on one film. (Except for very important cases, knowledge of the precise production year is not required. It is sufficient to provide a date with +/- 5 years precision, ex: first/second half of the 1920s, turn of the 1940s to 50s, beginning of the 1960s, etc.)

Introductory screening 30.9: Intolerance, Ben Hur, Adventure.

1. (1.10.) Sex and assault in serious filmmaking, in sexy films and in the pornography industry (from the 1960s to the present

Lecturer: Vladimir Hendrich

2. (8.10.) American cinema 1960-1990, I

Lecturer: Jan Bernard

Film: Bonnie a Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn, dvd)

2nd. film: The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola), Shadows (1959, John Cassavetes)

3. (15.10.) Experimental film 1960 - 1990

Lecturer: Martin Čihák

Film: Gideon Bachman: Jonas (1969, 30min) - documentary film about Jonas Mekas and New York film underground of the 1960s

Wilhelm and Birgit Hein: Rohfilm (1968, 20min) - German Material film

Marcus Bergner: Thread of Voice (1993, 20min.) - documentary devoted to the Melbourne group Arf Arf, which is devoted to phonic poetry, experimental film and performance.

4. (22..10) Animated film of 1960 -1990

Lecturer: Stanislav Ulver

Film: Film track Juri Norstein

2nd film: Yellow Submarine (1968, George Dunning)

5. (29.10.) American Cinema 1960-1990, II

Lecturer: Jan Bernard

Screening: The Graduate or Head XXII (DVD)

2nd film: The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola), Shadows (1959, John Cassavetes)

6. (5.11.) Dokumentary film 1960-1990

Lecturer: Petr Kubica

Screening: Paris in May (1963, Chris Marker)

2nd. film: The Primary (1963, Robert Drew and Richard Leacock)

7. (12.11) Original films in Italy and Scandinavia in the 1960s and 70s

Lecturer: Vít Janeček

Screening: Persona (Ingmar Bergman)

2nd. film: 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini), Enlargement (Michelangelo Antonioni, dvd)

8. (19.11.) Cinema in Eastern Europe (Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary) in the 1960s

Lecturer: Jaromír Blažejovský

Screening: The Red and the White (1967, M. Jancsó)

2. film: Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967, Dušan Makavejev)

9. (26.11.) Cinema in the Middle East (Iraq, Egypt, Syria etc.)

Lecturer: Viera Langerová

10. (3.12.) European film of the 1980s. and 90s

Lecturer: Helena Bendová

Screening: Werckmeister's Harmonies (2000, Béla Tarr, dvd)

2nd. film: Oh, Woe is Me (1993, Jean-Luc Godard)

11. (10.12.) German New film and Kitchen Sink Cinema in Great Britain (including Free Cinema)

Lecturer: Tereza Dvořáková

Screening Young Torless (1966, Volker Schloendorff)

2nd. film: The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner (1962, Tony Richardson)

12. (17.12.) Asian Cinema 1970-2000

Lecturer: Jiří Flígl

Screening: Long Arm of the Law (Hongkong 1984) Dir: Johnny Mak; The Crazy Family (Japan, 1984) Dir Sogo Ishii

2nd. film: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tai-Wan, China,

Hong Kong, USA 2000) Dir: Ang Lee

Recommended or required reading:

Required:

David Bordwell; Kristin Thompson:Dějiny filmu, AMU-LN Praha, 2007 nebo:

W.W.Dixon -G.A. Foster: A Short History of Film , Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2008

(příslušné kapitoly)

Supplementary:

General history of cinematography:

David Cook: A history of narrative film. New York 1990.

Gilles Deleuze: Film 1. Obraz-pohyb. Praha 2000.

Gilles Deleuze: Cinema 2. Time-image. London 1989.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture supplemented by film examples and studio screenings.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Each (of the three) semesters in the series is concluded with an oral exam in which one of the fundamental topics is tested. The second is supplementary and the third is about a film. (execept in very exceptional and significant cases, knowledge of the exact year of production of a film or phenomenon will not be required: +/- 5 year precision is sufficient, ex; half of the 20s, turn of the 40s to 50s, beginning of the 60s, etc.)

Attendance is a requirement for grading - attendance at screenings is required - 3 absences are allowed.

Course web page:
http://cas.famu.cz/
Note:

1. 1960s and 70s, France (+ general situations of the 1960s)

2. Italie and original film in Western Europe in the 1960s and 70s.

3. Cinema in Eastern Europe (Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary) in the 1960s and 70s.

4. 1960s and 70s, Germany and Great Britain.

5. Soviet Cinema 1960-2000.

6. European Film of the 1980s and 90s.

7. The cinema of Asia, Canada, Australia 1980-2000.

8. African and Latin American Cinema (looking back to the 1940s and 50s)

9. Documentary film 1960-1990.

10. Animated film 1960-1990.

11. American Cinema 1960-1990.

12. Experimental film 1960-1990

Instructors: Prof. PhDr. Jan Bernard a kolektiv (Mgr. Helena Bendová, Doc. PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, PhDr. Michal Bregant, Prof. PhDr. Jiří Cieslar, RNDr. Martin Čihák, Mgr. Tereza Dvořáková, Mgr. Vít Janeček, Mgr. Petr Kubica, MgA. Robert Silverio, PhD., Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Ulver)

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 207
Učebna 2
(Lažanský palác)
BERNARD J.
09:00–13:55
(přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Wed 09:00–13:55 BERNARD J. Učebna 2
Lažanský palác 		přednášková par. 1
Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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