Continuing Selected Classics of American Avant-Garde Film

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
373MCSC	Z	1	10/S	English	winter

Subject guarantor:

Eric ROSENZVEIG

Name of lecturer(s):

Henry Lyman HILLS

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Wednesday, December 7, 20:00 at Ponrepo (in 16mm)

HEDY by Andy Warhol (1966, 70 min., with music by the Velvet Underground)

preceded by EYEWASH (1959, 6 min) by Robert Breer

Friday, December 9, 10:00-12:30 at FAMU

Warhol SCREEN TEST REEL 30 min, silent

Jack Smith FLAMING CREATURES 1963, 43 min

Friday, December 9, 14:00-17:00 at FAMU

Jordan Belson ALLURES 1961, 8 min

Bruce Conner COSMIC RAY 1961, 4 min

Stan Brakhage SCENES FROM UNDER CHILDHOOD, SECTION ONE 1967, 24 min, silent

Marie Menken GO GO GO 1964, 12 min, silent

Hollis Frampton LEMON 1969, 7 min, silent

Pat O'Neill RUNS GOOD 1970, 15 min

Yvonne Rainer HAND MOVIE 1966, 6 min, silent

and more tba

Mode of study:

Attended course.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

none

Course contents:

A mini-overview of the prime moment in American experimental film, the 60's, beginning with a rare screening of Andy Warhols HEDY (staring Jack Smith) at Ponrepo, and continuing at FAMU with more major work by these two seminal figures contrasted with a survey of other very different types of experimental films which were being produced during the same period.

Recommended or required reading:

none

Assessment methods and criteria:

To receive credit, attendance at all screenings is mandatory. A journal describing your experience of these films (3 page minimum; plagiarism off the internet will result in failure) is due after the last class, in order to have your credit posted. henry@henryhills.com

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
07.12.2016		20:00–22:00	Henry Lyman HILLS	Bio Konvikt		paralelka 1
09.12.2016		10:00–17:00	Henry Lyman HILLS	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: