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Poslední úprava: CERNOCHO/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (11.02.2011)
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Poslední úprava: CERNOCHO/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (11.02.2011)
The students should understand the main general problems and tendencies of the Czech / Czechoslovak film in the 20th century and the beginning of 21th century and get a general overview of its development. They shall know the main characteristics, personages and works of its most important expressions. By the end of the course they will be able to analyze and interpret the mutual relation between film art and social development. |
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Poslední úprava: CERNOCHO/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (11.02.2011)
Brož, Jaroslav: The Path of Fame of the Czechoslovak Film, Prague 1967 Hames, Peter: The Czechoslovak New Wave; University of California Press 1985. Hames, Peter: Dark Alchemy: The Films of Jan Svankmajer; Flicks Books, Trowbridge 1985 Hames, Peter (Ed.): The Cinema of Central Europe. Wallflower Press 2004 Liehm, Mira, Liehm, Antonín J.: The Most Important Art: East European Film After 1945, University of California Press, L.A. 1977 Liehm, Antonín, J.: Closely Watched Films; Int. Arts and Science Press, Inc. 1974. Škvorecký, Josef: All the Bright Young Men and Women; Toronto 1971. Štoll, Martin: Hundred years of Czech documentary film (1898-1998) : a brief history of Czech non-fiction film, Praha : Malá Skála, 2000.
websites: www.filmcenter.cz; www.kinoeye.org; www.ce-review.org |
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Poslední úprava: CERNOCHO/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (11.02.2011)
Requirements: A general interest in world film and art is expected. The course will be based on active participation. The lecturer will help students to follow cinema programs and inform them on major film events in the Czech Republic. Readings will be assigned weekly and discussed subsequently.
Class attendance: mandatory - only 1 (unjustified) absence will be tolerated one mandatory extra screening
Assessment: Active Participation: 15% Two Mini Tests: 10% + 10% Mid-term Paper - an analyze of a film (2 pages): 15% Final Paper - an essay on the work of one of the members of the New Wave (5 to 8 pages) + its presentation in the class: 25% Final written test: 25%
Class Protocol: Students are asked not to eat in class and to put their cell phones on silence. Plagiatorism is unacceptable. |
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Poslední úprava: CERNOCHO/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (11.02.2011)
1st lesson The invention of the cinematography - the newest art form. Technical and historical stimulations for it. Developing of the film language. The silent era in the Czech lands. Jan Kříženecký, the father of the Czech film; Gustav Machatý and the peak of the Czech silent film.
2nd lesson The coming of the sound. Main means of the film language. The main tendencies of the period. The War era and the Czech film in the context of the Protectorate policy. The post-war film, changed conditions of the Czechoslovak film artists with the new political order. The peak of the Czech classical film. Pre-reading: Petr Čornej - history of 1st half of 20th century - Mini Test 1 Screening: Romeo, Juliette and the Darkness (dir. Jiří Weiss)
3rd lesson Main world trends in the cinematography after WWII. Italian neo-realism, French New Wave. Pre-reading: Cesare Zavattini: On Neorealism Screening: Breathless (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
pre-screening: Shop on the Main Street (dir. Ján Kadár, Elmaar Klos)
4th lesson Preconditions for the arise of the New Wave. The "First New Wave". František Vláčil, Karel Kachyňa, Elmar Klos, Jan Kadár.
5th lesson The beginning of the New Wave - the realistic approach. Miloš Forman, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek. Dead line of the mid-term paper. Pre-reading: Interview with Miloš Forman Screening: Loves of a Blonde (dir. Miloš Forman)
6th lesson "Pearls of the Deep" as the manifesto of the New Wave. The allegorical approach. Věra Chytilová. Pre-reading: Petr Čornej - history of 2nd half of 20th century - Mini Test 2 Screening: Daisies (dir. Věra Chytilová)
7th lesson Literary inspiration of the New Wave. Jan Němec, Jiří Menzel. Pre-reading: Arnošt Lustig: Dark Casts No Shadow Screening: Diamonds of the Night (dir. Jan Němec)
8th lesson Czech animated film: the main techniques and art specifics of the form. Principal personages and works of the Czech animated schoul, Jiří Trnka; Jan Švankmajer. Pre-reading: Hames, Peter: Dark Alchemy - The Films of Jan Svankmajer Screening: Shorts by Jan Svankmajer; The Pied Piper of Hamelin (dir. Jiří Bárta)
9th lesson The 70s and the 80s. The new social climate and consequences for the cinema. Main genres and personages. Dead line of the of the final paper outline. Screening: My Sweet Little Village (dir. Jiří Menzel)
Pre-screening: Kolya (dir. Jan Svěrák)
10th lesson The 90s. New conditions in the democratic society, the end of the state subsidized cinematography. New generation of filmmakers, generation of New Wave directors.
11th lesson Current tendencies of the Czech film. Dead line of the final paper. Presentations of the final papers. The final test.
12th lesson Czech documentary film: specifics of the form; film and reality. Main protagonists in the course of its history; its current revival. Screening: Shorts by Jan Špáta |
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Poslední úprava: CERNOCHO/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (11.02.2011)
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