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SCHEDULE
Fall 2020
Introduction
:
Meet your instructor, Prof. Yuri Leving, and learn more about the Department of Russian Studies:
https://vimeo.com/452219999/4c17c93cdd
All
Podcasts on Theory of Cinema are available on the
SoundCloud here
TOPIC I:
HOLOCAUST AND THE POST-WAR TRAUMAS
IN EASTERN EUROPE
SCREENING:
Son of Saul
(Dir. Laszlo Nemes, Hungary, 2015
)
Video essays:
1.
Son of Saul
–
Introduction on Themes and Methods
2.
Son of Saul
–
Analysis and Interviews
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
Cinematic Language
SCREENING:
Ida
(Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland, 2013)
Video essay:
Ida
– Analysis
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
What is narrative?
SCREENING:
Closely Watched Trains
(
Dir.
Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia, 1966)
Video essay:
Closely Watched Trains
– Analysis
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
What is Editing?
Read: Jonathan L. Owen,
“Closely Observed Bodies: Corporeality, Totalitarianism and Subversion in Jiří Menzel’s 1960s Adaptations of Bohumil Hrabal”
Closely Watched Trains
TOPIC II:
MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR
SCREENING:
Daisies
(
Dir.
Vera Chytilova, Czechoslovakia, 1967)
1. Video essay:
Daisies – Analysis
2. Video essay:
The Czech New Wave and Politics
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
What is cinematography?
Read:
Vad Nevad “Puppet play in Vera Chytilova's
Daisies
”
SCREENING: Socialist Eros
Excerpts from films (
Czechoslovakia,
GDR, Yugoslavia) dealing with feminism and LGBTQ+
No feature film screening – watch
excerpts
in the assigned module below.
1. Video essay:
Sexuality on Screen – East European Cinema meets West
2. Video essay:
Coming out: Queer Explorations in East European Cinema
3. Video essay:
From the Origins of Eros to Porno-chic in East European Cinema
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
Framing, aspect ratio and types of shots
Read:
An Interview with Vera Chytilova (1967)
SCREENING:
Socialist Sci-Fi
No feature film screening – watch
excerpts
in the assigned module below.
Video essay:
Science fiction and Post-Apocalypse in East European cinema
Video essay:
Socialist Androids in Dialogue with the West: Negotiating Gender Roles and playing with set designs
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
What Is Mise-en-Scène?
Submit your
Film Diary
– Part I.
SCREENING:
Nobody Will Laugh
(Dir. Hynek Bočan
, Czechoslovakia, 1966)
Video essay:
The Czech New Wave and Milos Forman (Excerpts from
Black Peter
(1964),
Loves of a Blonde
(1966),
The Firemen’s Ball
(1967)
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
What is Genre?
Read: Milos Forman,
here
and
here
TOPIC III:
CINEMA OF POLAND /
AUTEUR CINEMA:
THE ART OF KRZYSTOF KIESLOWSKI
SCREENING:
A Short Film About Love
(
Dir.
Krzystof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988)
1. Video essay:
Kieslowski's Bio and Intro to
Decalogue
series
2. Video essay:
Short film about Love
: Cinematic tradition
3. Video essay:
Short Film about Love
: Analysis
Read:
Essay on
The Decalogue
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
Genre Conventions
SCREENING:
A Short Film About Killing
(
Dir.
Krzystof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988)
Video essay:
Short film about Killing
: Analysis
Listen to a Podcast on Theory of Cinema (in MP3 format):
What is Acting?
Read:
About
A Short Film About Killing
TOPIC IV:
MONTAGE AND MUSIC
SCREENING:
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
(
Dir.
Dusan Makavejev, Yugoslavia, 1971)
Video essay:
WR
: Analysis
SCREENING:
The Lure
(Dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska, Poland, 2015)
Video essay:
Lure
and on Music in Cinema
Submit your
Film Diary
– Part II.
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