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History of modern cinema

Code Cours
2223-FLSH-ARTS-FR-1001
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Establishment
FLSH - Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Joao de Oliveira
Period
S2

Présentation

Goal

To understand the
gap between classic cinema and the contemporary film scene, and how to analyse
a modern film; to gain a basic knowledge of major film directors in world
cinema today.


Presentation

What do we mean by modern cinema?


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The autonomy of the camera


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Breaking up the story line


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Improvisation


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A director's world


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Cinema and contemplation


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Another way of looking at reality


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A different role for the spectator



Analysis of a series of extracts:


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Citizen Kane by Orson Welles


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Voyage en Italie by Rossellini


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Hiroshima mon amour by Alain
Resnais


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Pierrot le fou by Jean-Luc Godard.


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La Notte by Antonioni


Modalités

Evaluation

Ressources

Bibliography

Jean Claude Biette , <i>L¹Encrier de la modernité</i>, Cahiers du cinéma, n°375, septembre 1985, , Jean Louis Leutrat, <i>Hiroshima mon amour</i>, Nathan, collection 128||