FAV140 Cinema of Latin America

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 18:20–20:45 C34, Wed 15:00–20:45 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The curse is focused mainly on films from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Cuba: the film industries which have been able to produce feature films regularly. We will take notice of works of Chilean directors and take a look at the cinema of Peru and Bolivia. The relationship between cinema and revolution will be discussed as well as manifestos of Latin American filmmakers. Films: Dos Santos, Nelson Pereira: Vidas secas (1963), Como era gostoso o meu Frances (1971); Fernandéz, Emilio: María Candelaria (1944); Goméz, Manuel Octavio: La primera carga al machete (1969), Los dias del agua (1971); Guerra, Ruy: Os fuzis (Pušky, 1964); Gutiérrez Alea, Tomás: La muerte de un burocrata (1966), Memorias del subdesarollo (1967), La ultima cena (1976), Fresa y chocolate (1993); Littín, Miguel: Actas de Marusia (1975), El recurso del método (1978), La viuda de Montiel (1979), Alsino y el Condor (1982); Pérez, Fernando: La vida es silbar (1998); Reygadas, Carlos: Batalla en el cielo (2005); Rocha, Glauber: Barravento (1962), Deus e o diabo na terra do sol (1964), Terra em transe (1967), Antonio das Mortes (1969); Sanjinés, Jorge: Yawar Mallku (1969), El enemigo principal (1974); Solás, Humberto: Manuela (1966), Lucía (1969), Cecília (1982) etc. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to experience the films from Latin America as a spectator; to know the „canon“ of most important films and their relationship to politial and socal reality of the continent.
Syllabus
  • Introduction into the cinema of Latin America
  • Mexican cinema
  • Brazilian cinema novo
  • Argentinian cinema
  • The manifests: The Aesthetics of Hunger, Toward a third cinema, For an imperfect cinema
  • Cuban cinema
  • The cinema of Bolivia and Peru
  • Chilean cinema
Literature
  • CHANAN, Michael. Cuban cinema. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004, xvii, 538. ISBN 9780816634248. info
  • SHAW, Deborah. Contemporary cinema of Latin America : ten key films. New York: Continuum, 2003, ix, 206. ISBN 0826414850. info
  • Rethinking Third Cinema. Edited by Anthony R. Guneratne - Wimal Dissanayake. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2003, xii, 240. ISBN 0415213541. info
  • KING, John. Magical reels : the history of cinema in Latin America. New York: Verso, 2000, vi, 314. ISBN 185984233X. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, film screenings, reading. Written test. Colloquium: the annotated filmography of 4 films for the discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2019.
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