FAVh024 Italian cinema

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, 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
Mon 18:00–20:40 C34, Wed 14:00–20:40 C34, except Wed 15. 11., except Wed 13. 12. ; and Thu 12. 10. 12:00–13:40 C34, Thu 19. 10. 12:00–13:40 C34, Thu 2. 11. 12:00–13:40 C34, Thu 23. 11. 12:00–13:40 C34, Thu 7. 12. 12:00–13:40 C34, Thu 21. 12. 12:00–13:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 87 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 29/87, only registered: 1/87, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/87
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
If we would like to understand history of the world cinema after WWII, we should study Italian cinema, especially neorealism and the auteurs emerged from this movement. That is why we offer the course focused on Italian cinema (after the panoramic course FAVBPa070 taught last spring). We will follow the book of BRUNETTA, Gian Piero (1993): Storia del cinema italiano I-IV. 2a edizione, Roma: Editori Riuniti. This work reflect not only films and auteurs but the context of production, distribution, policies, economy and institutions.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will have a general knowledge of the history of Italian cinema and its key auteurs. The student will understand interfaces between Italian politics and culture, including left wing of Italian filmmakers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, methods, historical context and periodization
  • 2. Silent era (1895-1929)
  • 3. In the service of the regime (1930-1945)
  • 4. Neorealism (1945-1953)
  • 5. Economic miracle (1953-1963)
  • 6. Antonioni, Visconti, Fellini, Pasolini
  • 7. Before the revolution (1963-1969)
  • 8. The 70ties and 80ties
  • 9. Genre cinema
  • 10. The last decades
Literature
  • BRUNETTA, Gian Piero (1993): Storia del cinema italiano I-IV. 2a edizione, Roma: Editori Riuniti
  • OLIVOVÁ, Drahomíra. Film velkých nadějí. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1963, 198 s. URL info
  • LIEHM, Mira. Passion and Defiance. Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present. 1st edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 396 pages. ISBN: 0-520-05020-7.
  • OLIVA, Ljubomír. Filmová Itálie. Praha: Čs. filmový ústav, 1987. info
  • OLIVA, Ljubomír. Režiséři (Itálie) : medailóny, filmografie, bibliografie. Praha: Československý filmový ústav, 1984. info
  • LANDY, Marcia. Italian film. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, xxiii, 434. ISBN 0521649773. info
  • RICCI, Steven. Cinema and fascism : Italian film and society, 1922-1943. Berkeley: University of California, 2008, xiv, 233. ISBN 9780520253568. info
  • RESTIVO, Angelo. The cinema of economic miracles : visuality and modernization in the Italian art film. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002, 212 s. ISBN 0822327996. info
  • LEPROHON, Pierre. Antonioni. Bratislava: Slovenské vydavateľstvo krásnej literatúry, 1965. info
  • CHATMAN, Seymour. Antonioni or, the surface of the world. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985, 290 s. ISBN 0520053419. info
  • ANTONIONI, Michelangelo. Kuželník u Tiberu. Translated by Eva Zaoralová. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 294 s. ISBN 8020700250. URL info
  • ZAORAL, Zdenek. Federico Fellini. Praha: Československý filmový ústav, 1989. ISBN 80-7004-021-1. info
  • SOLMI, Angelo. Federico Fellini : biografická studie. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1967, 171 s. URL info
  • FELLINI, Federico. 5 scénářů. Praha: Odeon, 1966. info
  • FELLINI, Federico. Dělat film. Translated by Eva Zaoralová. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1986, 204 s. info
  • PŘÁDNÁ, Stanislava. Čtyřikrát dva : Fellini - Masinová, Antonioni - Vittiová, Bergman - Ullmannová, Saura - Chaplinová. 1. vyd. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2007, 139 s. ISBN 9788073311001. info
  • NOVOTNÁ, Drahomíra. Luchino Visconti. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1969, 229 s. info
  • VIANO, Maurizio. Pier Paolo Pasolini a jeho filmy : určitý realismus: použití Pasoliniho filmové teorie a praxe. Edited by Zdeněk Hudec, Translated by Václav Žák. Vydání první. Praha: Václav Žák - Casablanca, 2017, 407 stran. ISBN 9788087292402. info
  • PASOLINI, Pier Paolo and Oswald STACK. Pasolini on Pasolini : interviews with Oswald Stack. 1st pub. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969, 176 s. ISBN 500480117. info
  • ŠVÁBENICKÝ Jan. Fenomén italský western: Sociokulturní charakteristiky jednoho žánru. 1. vyd. Praha: Casablanca, 2021. 416 s. ISBN: 978-80-87292-51-8.
Teaching methods
Lectures, film screenings, reading.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020.
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