FAV082 Blockbuster Hollywood Cinema

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Andreas Robnik, Mgr., Vídeňská universita (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 13:20–14:55 12
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
1. Jaws (1975), 1960s epics, disaster movies 2. Die Hard (1988): Action Cinema as Attraction, Event, Surface 3. Easy Rider (1969) and other "youth movies" 4. The Dirty Dozen (1967), Kelly s Heroes (1970): Flexible Teamwork 5. The Parallax View, Nashville: Disasters and Conspiracies 6. Escape from New York (1981), Blade Runner (1982): postmodern SF 7. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and other Body Horror 8. Forrest Gump (1994), Independence Day (1996) 9. Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler s List (1993), Titanic (1997), Artificial Intelligence (2001): The Blockbuster as Time Machine 10. Saving Private Ryan (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Enemy at the Gates (GER/UK/IRL/USA 2001): Re-membering World War II 11. Scream (1996ff), The Blair Witch Project (1999): Memories of Consumption 12. The Matrix (1999ff), Virtual Reality Films, The Superhero Cycle
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
Credit evaluation note: 5 kreditů pro studenty PGS.
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