FAVK001 Spirituality in Cinema

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 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
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
God exists in some kind of diegetic worlds created by filmmakers. This course offers an introduction to the theory of spirituality in cinema with a special attention to works of Andrey Tarkovski, Robert Bresson, Yasujiro Ozu, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Wim Wendres, Béla Tarr and others. We will study images of Christ figure in the world film history, too. Literaure: Agel, Henri, Ayfre, Amédée (1961): Le cinema et le sacré, Paris; Ayfre, Amédée (1969): Cinéma et mystre, Paris; Ayfre, Amédée (1964): Conversion aux images? Paris; Bazin, André (1979): Co je to film? Praha; Bordwell, David (1985): Narration in the Fiction Film, Madison; Bordwell, David (1988): Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, New Jersey; Bordwell, David (1981): The Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer, Berkeley Los Angeles London; Bresson, Robert (1998): Poznámky o kinematografu, Praha; Deleuze, Gilles (1997): Cinema 2. The Time-Image, Minneapolis; Deleuze, Gilles (2000): Film 1. Obraz-pohyb, Praha; Eliade, Mircea (1994): Posvátné a profánní, Praha; Florenskij, Pavel A. (2000): Ikonostas, Brno; Fraser, Peter (1998): Images of the Passion. The Sacramental Mode in Film. Wiltshire; Holloway, Ronald (1977): Beyond the Image. Approaches to the Religious Dimension in the Cinema, Geneva; Johnson, Vida T. & Petrie, Graham (1994): The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky. A Visual Fugue, Bloomington & Indianapolis; Kinovědčeskije zapiski (1992), č. 14 , Moskva; Kwartalnik filmowy, (1995), č. 9-10 Warszawa; Marczak, Mariola (2000): Poetyka filmu religijnego, Kraków; Otto, Rudolf (1998): Posvátno, Praha; Plate, S. Brent (ed) (2003): Representing Religion in World Cinema. Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making, New York Hampshire; Razlogov, Kirill (1982): Bogi i ďjavoly v zerkale ekrana, Moskva 1982; Richie, Donald (1977): Ozu, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London; Sandler, A. M. (ed) (1991): Mir i filmy Andreja Tarkovskogo. Moskva; Schrader, Paul (1972): Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London; Suchánek, Vladimír (2004): A vdechl duši živou Úvod do duchovních souvislostí animovaného a trikového filmu. Olomouc - Dolní Loučky; Suchánek, Vladimír (2002): Topografie transcendentních souřadnic filmového obrazu, Olomouc; Surkova, Olga (1991): Kniga sopostavljenij, Moskva; Tarkovskij, Andrej (1997): Deník 1970-1986, Brno; Tarkovskij, Andrej A.(2005): Krása je symbolem pravdy, Příbram; Tarkovsky, Andrey (1989): Sculpting in Time, Austin; Turovskaja, Majja (1991): Sjem s polovinoj ili, Filmy Andreja Tarkovskogo. Moskva; Valušiak, Josef (2000): Střihovou skladbou k n-té dimenzi, Praha. Films: Andrej Rublev (Andrej Rubljov, Tarkovskij A., 1966); Čas vody (Los días del aqua, Gómez, M. O., Kuba 1971); Dekalog (Kieślowski, K., 1989); Deník venkovského faráře (Journal d'un curé de campagne, Bresson, R. 1951); Evangelium sv. Matouše (Il Vangelo secondo Mateo, Pasolini, P. P., 1964); Ivanovo dětství (Ivanovo dětstvo, Tarkovskij A., 1961); Jesus Christ Superstar (Jewison, N., 1973); Návrat (Vozvraščenjie, Zvjagincev, A., 2003); Nebe nad Berlínem (Der Himmel über Berlin, Wenders, W. 1987); Nostalgie (Nostalghia, Tarkovskij A., 1983); Oběť (Offret, Tarkovskij, A., 1986); Poslední večeře (La útima cena, Gutiérrez Alea, T., Kuba 1976); Proč odešel Dharma na východ? (Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun, Bae Y-K. 1989) Prolomit vlny (Breaking the Waves, von Trier, L. 1996); Příběh z Tokia (Tókjó monogatari, Ozu, J., 1953); Satanské tango (Sátántangó, Tarr, B., 1994); Slovo (Ordet, Dreyer, C. Th., 1955); Solaris (Soljaris, Tarkovskij A., 1972); Stalker (Tarkovskij A. 1979); Umučení Krista (The Passion of the Christ, Gibson, M. 2004); Utrpení Panny Orelánské (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, Dreyer, C. Th., 1927); Zrcadlo (Zerkalo, Tarkovskij A., 1975).
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Povinně volitelná přednáška. Ukončení - kolokvium: esej.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2014.
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