Module Identifier | TF30920 | ||
Module Title | A CENTURY OF CINEMA 2 | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mr John Evans | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Mr Benjamin Halligan | ||
Pre-Requisite | TF10210 , TF20320 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours | ||
Practical | Viewing sessions | ||
Assessment | Essay | 3,500 word critical analysis | 60% |
Exam | 2 Hours | 40% |
Learning Outcomes:
Typically, upon completion of this module, the students will be able to:
- demonstrate a detailed understanding of the context, use and readings of these approaches to realism: British 1960s 'psychological realism'; Italian Neo-Realism and Late Neo-Realism; contemporary American surrealism; realism and the notion of 'difference' (counter-Hollywood, exploitation);
- understand and use concepts of place as cultural context, as geographical location, as psychological state, and as socio-political locus, considering the role of imagery in relation to each;
- explore a variety of approaches to the concept of sexual subtexts, via Metz and Sontag; difference, conformity, camp, particularly with reference to genre.
Content:
Italian Neo-Realism: Roma, Citta Apera/Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945 It); Ladri di Biciclette/The Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948 It); Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica, 1952 It)
Fellini?s Rome: La Dolce Vita (1960, It); Fellini-Satyricon (1968, It); Fellini-Roma (1972, It); City of Woman (1980, It)
Hitchcock?s Style in the 1950?s: North by Northwest (1959, US)
Losey?s Style in the 1960?s: The Servant (1963, UK); Accident (1967, UK)
Cinema of Conflict: Roman Polanski and Jim Jarmusch: Noz w Wodzie/Knife in the Water (Polanski, 1962 Pol); Chinatown (Polanski, 1974 US); Down by Law (Jarmusch, 1986 US)
Gender Sensibilities, Gay Subtexts and Psychoanalytical Theory: Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991 US); Voskhozhdenie/The Ascent (Larissa Shepitko, 1976 USSR)
The Cinema of Excess: Performance (Nic Roeg/Donald Cammell, 1968 UK); La Grand Bouffe/Blow Out (Marco Ferreri, 1973 It/Fr)
Counter-Hollywood: Flesh (Paul Morrissey/Andy Warhol, 1968 US); Trash (Paul Morrissey/Andy Warhol, 1970 US); Heat (Paul Morrissey/Andy Warhol, 1971 US); Flesh for Frankenstein (Paul Morrissey/Andy Warhol, 1973 US)
The Films of David Lynch: Eraserhead (1976 US); Blue Velvet (1986 US); The Elephant Man (1980 US)