CHAOS NOIR 2 - noirish fascination with decomposition

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301MCHN2 Z 1 2S Czech summer

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Learning outcomes of the course unit

Through examples and analyses of dramaturgy strangeness of film noir we investigate claims that what in other genres are unpleasant deficiencies in structure are constitutive for film noir.

Mode of study

module

Prerequisites and co-requisites

A familiarity with film noir and knowledge of at least some film noir films.

Course contents

A laying out of the content and form, fascination with death, a glimpse into the chaos structure instruments of film noir.

Recommended or required reading

Miroslav Petříček. Majestát zákona. Raymond Chandler a pozdní dekonstrukce. Praha: Herrmann, 2001

James Naremore. More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts. University of California Press, 2008

Kino Ikon 1/2007 - věnováno filmu noir

Poetika zločinu. Francúzsky film noir, SFÚ, 2012

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded for module participation.

Note

Vilem Hakl (b. 1975) - graduate of the Dept. of Screenwriting and Script Editing at FAMU (2009 BcA. - 2012 MgA.). From receiving his doctorate at FAMU in 2013 where he dealt with structure analysis of chaotic audio-visual pieces he has been devoted to film journalism and film essay (Film a Doba, Revolver Revue, Kino-Ikon, NAMU). As a screenwriter, her works mainly for Czech Television on feature film projects.

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