FAV191 New wave in Czech cinema of the Sixties

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Skupa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–15:45 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The course will focus on rethinking the traditional understanding of the famous Czech new wave, by which is usually meant a small group of several directors with a distinctive auteur style. The lectures will concentrate on more precise definition of the "new wave" in the context of the Czech cinema in the sixties (the origin, the content and the development ot the term "new wave"). We will also focus on a recognition of the characteristic traits of new wave aesthetics in particular films. We will concentrate maily on films, which were influenced by the new wave aesthetics but which are not considered as key works of the Czech new wave. The lectures will be accompanied by a set of screenings.

Selected filmography:
Anděl blažené smrti (Štěpán Skalský, 1965), Finský nůž (Zdenek Sirový, 1965), Máte doma lva? (Pavel Hobl, 1963), Místenka bez návratu (Dušan Klein / Miroslav Sobota, 1964), Okurkový hrdina (Čestmír Mlíkovský, 1963), První den mého syna (Ladislav Helge, 1964), Svatba s podmínkou (Pavel Kohout, 1965), Svatej z Krejcárku (Petr Tuček, 1969), Třiatřicet stříbrných křepelek (Antonín Kachlík, 1964), Vražda ing. Čerta (Ester Krumbachová, 1970).

The main aims:
To understand the Czech new wave phenomenon in broader historical and contextual terms.
To recognize the traits of the new wave both in its marginal trends and in czech cinema parallel to the „new wave“ movement.
Syllabus
  • Traditional historical overview of the Czech new wave phenomenon
  • Reconstruction of the term "new wave" in Czechoslovakia in the sixties
  • Role of the critical discourse in the definition of the "new wave"
  • Essential thematic, stylistic and narrative strategies of new wave films
  • Analysis of the extrinsic and parallel trends of the "new wave"
  • Summarization of the findings and their confrontation with previous knowledge about the Czech new wave
Literature
  • BILÍK, Petr. Panorama českého filmu. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Rubico, 2000, 514 s. ISBN 80-85839-54-7. info
  • BUCHAR, Robert. Czech new wave filmmakers in interviews. Edited by A. J. Liehm. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2004, v, 215. ISBN 078641720X. info
  • Czech feature film. Edited by Vladimír Opěla - Eva Urbanová - Blažena Urgošíková - Jana Přik. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2007, 621 stran. ISBN 9788070041314. info
  • HAMES, Peter. Československá nová vlna. Translated by Tomáš Pekárek. Vydání první. [Praha]: Levné knihy, 2008, 344 stran. ISBN 9788073095802. info
  • LIEHM, A. J. Ostře sledované filmy :československá zkušenost. Edited by Jan Lukeš. Vyd. v ČR a v tomto souboru. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2001, 470 s., [1. ISBN 80-7004-100-5. info
  • PŘÁDNÁ, Stanislava, Zdena ŠKAPOVÁ and Jiří CIESLAR. Démanty všednosti :český a slovenský film 60. let : kapitoly o nové vlně. Vyd. 1. Praha: Pražská scéna, 2002, 387 s. ISBN 80-86102-17-3. info
  • ŽALMAN, Jan. Umlčený film. První doplněné vydání. [Praha]: KMa, s. r. o., 2008, 431 stran. ISBN 9788073095734. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, watching films, analysis, discussions
Assessment methods
Assessment: written test or students' activity in the lectures
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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