FAV062 Cinema of the Balkans

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Luděk Havel, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–20:45 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
Course objectives
The lecture is focused on cinemas of selected countries of Southeastern Europe under communist rules. We will study arthouse cinema as well as popular genres and propaganda movies.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
be acquainted with typical genres of Balkan cinemas
understand local star systems
interpret hidden and subversive meanings in watched films
recognize their aesthetic value
decode elements of nationalism and propaganda.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to national cinemas of the Balkans.
  • 2. The beginnings of the Bulgarian cinema, poetic realism, the sixties.
  • 3. The migration cycle, epic movies on 1300th anniversary of the first Bulgarian state.
  • 4. The beginnings of the Romanian cinema, the sixties, genre movies. 5. The generation of the seventies.
  • 6. The beginnings and the specifics of Yugoslav film industry, partisan movies.
  • 7. How the „novi film“ became a „black wave“.
  • 8. The seventies, the Prague school.
  • 9. Cinema of Albania.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The cinema of the Balkans. Edited by Dina Jordanova. 1st pub. London: Wallflower, 2006, xvi, 291. ISBN 1904764819. info
    not specified
  • PASKALJEVIĆ, Goran. The cinema of Goran Paskaljević. Edited by Predrag J. Marković - Dušan Šević. Belgrade: Stubovi kulture, 2010, 138 s. ISBN 9788679793164. info
  • ŠKRABALO, Ivo. Hrvatska filmska povijest : ukratko (1896-2006). Zagreb: V.B.Z., 2008, 304 s. ISBN 9789532018172. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Emir Kusturica. 1st pub. London: BFI Publishing, 2002, 198 s. ISBN 0851708986. info
  • GOULDING, Daniel J. Liberated cinema : the Yugoslav experience, 1945-2001. 2nd, rev. and expanded ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002, xiv, 285. ISBN 025321582X. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Cinema of flames : Balkan film, culture and the media. 1st publ. London: BFI, 2001, 322 s. ISBN 9780851708478. info
  • GOCIĆ, Goran. Notes from the underground : the cinema of Emir Kusturica. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2001, 196 s. ISBN 1903364167. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, film screenings.
Assessment methods
Exam: a list of 27 films for discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Kurz probíhá v rámci projektu č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0044 Inovace uměnovědných studijních oborů na Filozofické fakultě MU, který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Viz. www.phil.muni.cz/music/opvk.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007.
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