FAV225 Cinema of Central Europe: a seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/3. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 13:20–15:45 C34
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 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Abstract
The course is focused on two Central European national cinemas, close from aesthetic and historic points of view.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
interpret selected movies
discusse questions of totalitarian past reflected in the films
analyze work of great auteurs
Key topics
  • Introduction to the Central European cinemas
  • Hungarian cinema to the fifties
  • The sixties
  • Miklós Jancsó
  • Anti-stalinism and rock subculture
  • Hungarian cinema after 1989
  • Polish film school
  • Andrzej Wajda
  • The sixties and "the third cinema"
  • Cinema of Moral Anxiety
  • Solidarność and the Polish cinema after 1989
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Visegrad cinema : points of contact from the new waves to the present. Edited by Petra Hanáková - K. B. Johnson. 1st pub. Praha: Casablanca, 2010, 196 s. ISBN 9788087292044. info
  • FALKOWSKA, Janina. Andrzej Wajda : history, politics, and nostalgia in Polish cinema. 1st pub. New York: Berghahn Books, 2007, viii, 340. ISBN 1845452259. info
  • MAZIERSKA, Ewa and Elżbieta OSTROWSKA. Women in Polish cinema. Edited by Joanna Szwajcowska. 1st pub. New York: Berghahn Books, 2006, x, 244. ISBN 1571819479. info
  • FORD, Charles and Robert M. HAMMOND. Polish film : a twentieth century history. Edited by Grażyna Kudy. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2005, xiv, 354. ISBN 0786413093. info
  • CUNNINGHAM, John. Hungarian cinema : from coffee house to multiplex. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2004, xii, 258. ISBN 1903364809. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Cinema of the other Europe : the industry and artistry of East Central European film. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2003, x, 224. ISBN 1903364647. info
  • LIEHM, Mira and A. J. LIEHM. The most important art : eastern European film after 1945. 1s paperback print. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980, 467 s. ISBN 0520041283. info
    not specified
  • HALTOF, Marek. Krzysztof Kieślowski a jeho filmy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Casablanca, 2008, 230 s. ISBN 9788090375673. info
  • COATES, Paul. The red and the white : the cinema of people's Poland. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2005, ix, 251. ISBN 1904764274. info
  • The cinema of Central Europe. Edited by Peter Hames. First published. London: Wallflower Press, 2004, xv, 291. ISBN 9781904764212. info
  • The films of Krzysztof Kieślowski : the liminal image. Edited by Joseph G. Kickasola. New York: Continuum, 2004, xix, 332. ISBN 082641558X. info
  • KIEŚLOWSKI, Krzysztof. Kieślowski on Kieślowski. Edited by Danusia Stok. 1st pub. London: Faber and Faber, 1995, xxiii, 268. ISBN 0571173284. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Class discussion, film screenings, presentations.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
A presentation, translation or an essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
Doporučené filmy: A tanú (Svědek, Péter Bacsó 1969), Angi Vera (Vera Angiová, Pál Gábor 1978), Apa (Otec, István Szabó 1966), Csillagosok, katonák (Hvězdy na čepicích, Miklós Jancsó, 1967), Eszkimó asszony fázik (Paní Eskymačka mrzne, János Xantus 1983), Fényes szelek (Svěží vítr, Miklós Jancsó, 1969), Hannibal tanár úr (Pan profesor Hannibal, Zoltán Fábri, 1956), Hideg napok (Chladné dny, András Kovács 1966), István, a király (Král Štěpán, Gábor Koltay 1983), Körhinta (Kolotoč, Zoltán Fábri, 1955), Még kér a nép (Lid ještě prosí, Miklós Jancsó, 1965), Mephisto (Mefisto, István Szabó 1981), Napló gyermekeimnek (Deník pro mé děti, Márta Mészárosová, 1982), Psyché (Psyché, Gábor Bódy 1980), Sátántangó (Satanské tango, Béla Tarr 1994), Sodrásban (Proud, István Gaál 1963), Szegénylegények (Beznadějní, Miklós Jancsó, 1965), Szerelem (Dny čekání, Károly Makk, 1970), Szindbád (Sindibád, Zoltán Huszárik, 1971).
Barwy ochronne (Ochranné zbarvení, Krzysztof Zanussi, 1976), Człowiek na torze (Člověk na kolejích, Andrzej Munk 1956), Człowiek z marmuru (Člověk z mramoru, Andrzej Wajda 1977), Eroica (Andrzej Munk 1957), Iluminacja (Iluminace, Krzysztof Zanussi, 1973), Kanał (Kanály, Andrzej Wajda 1957), Matka Joanna od Aniołów (Matka Johana od Andělů, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961), Na wylot (Skrz naskrz, Grzegorz Królikiewicz, 1972), Nóż w wodzie (Nůz ve vodě, Roman Polański 1962), Popiół i diament (Popel a démant, Andrzej Wajda 1958), Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (Rukopis nalezený v Zaragoze, Wojciech J. Has, 1965), Wesele (Veselka, 1973), Wszystko na sprzedaż (Vse na prodej, Andrzej Wajda 1968), Ziemia obiecana (Země zaslíbená, Andrzej Wajda 1974).
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