Experimental Film

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Subject guarantor:

Martin BLAŽÍČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Martin BLAŽÍČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

A survey of the historical development of global and Czech experimental film from the 1950s to 90s.

Mode of study:

Lectures with screenings

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Course contents:

This course provides a general historical excursion into experimental film between the early American underground and the end of the 1980s in Europe. Each lecture presents one historically limited period through key films and filmmakers. The first part of the course covers various aspects of earl American experimental film (trance film, mythopoetic film, ....) and further into their structural, abstract and collage forms in the 1970s. The second part is devoted to important European historic trends, such as structural-materialistic (England - 1970s), The Viennese formal school and its continuation in the creations of artists in the 1980s. Particular chapters are devoted to experimental film of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Japan.

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Recommended or required reading:

Čihák, Martin. Ponorná řeka kinematografie, NAMU 2013.

Sitney, P. A. Visionary Film. The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000. Oxford University Press, 2002 ed.

Ulver, Stanislav. Západní filmová avantgarda, ČSFÚ 1991.

Rees, Al. History of experimental film and video. BFI 1999.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Knowledge of films shown, a report on a selected topic from lecture material of 3 standard pages, oral exam.

Course web page:

Note:

None

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

	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	room 307 Room No. 6 (Lažanský palác) BLAŽÍČEK M. 14:50–18:05 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	14:50–18:05	Martin BLAŽÍČEK	Room No. 6 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

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