FAV119 Europe and Hollywood

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 C34, Wed 18:20–20:45 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
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Course objectives
The lecture is focused on relations between European and Hollywood cinema - we will concentrate on the history of exhibition and reception of american cinema in Europe since 1945. The lecture deals with the distribution of European cinema in United States, the mutual influnce between Hollywood and European Cinema on style nad narrative, European co-productions as a strategy how to compete with Hollywood, runaway productions in Europe, reception of Hollywood in Europe and vice-versa. Literature: ELSAESSER, T. European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2005. NOVELL-SMITH, G., RICCI, S. (eds.) Hollywood and Europe. Economics, Culture, National Identity: 1945-95. London: BFI, 1998. STOKES, M., MALTBY, R. (eds.) Hollywood Abroad. Audience and Cultural Exchange, BFI: London, 2004. TRUMPBOUR, J. Selling Hollywood to the world: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the global Film Industry, 1920-1950. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. SEGRAVE, K. American Films Abroad. Hollywood s Domination of the World s Movie Screen from the 1890s to the Present. McFarland&Company, 1997. GARNCARZ, J. Hollywood in Germany: The Role of American Films in Germany, 1925-1990. In: Ellwood, D. – Kroes, R. (eds), Hollywood in Europe: Experiences of a Cultural Hegemony. Amsterdam: VU University Press, 1994, s. 122-35. KRAMER, P. America Rules? Hollywood s Interaction with German Audiences, Filmmakers and Companies Since the 1970s. In: Maltby, R. – Vasey, R., Hollywood as Global Cinema. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, v tisku. KRAMER, P. Hollywood in Germany/Germany in Hollywood. In: Bergfelder, T. – Carter, E. - Göktürk, D. (eds.), The German Cinema Book. London: BFI, 2002, s. 227-37.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
7-stránkový text na přednášejícím schválené téma - výzkum vztahů hollywoodské a evropské kinematografie, např. distribuce konkrétního filmu v USA nebo amerického filmu v ČR, analýza kritické debaty kolem uvedení evropského filmu v USA nebo amerického v ČR, apod. Povinnost využít sekundární literaturu doporučenou při přednáškách a dostupné databáze. Povinnost odevzdat do 3-stránkový návrh tématu.
Language of instruction
Czech
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