FAVK067 Czech Film in Exile

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Sat 21. 2. 9:10–12:25 C34, Sat 28. 2. 9:10–12:25 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 course will focus on the filmmakers who between 1939-1989 left Czechoslovakia, and esp. on those who emigrated after 1968. In this period several generations met in exile. Besides those who had emigrated earlier (after the Munich Pact of 1938, as well as after the Communist coup d'état of 1948), the wave of emigration caused by the Soviet invasion of 1968 included the filmmakers of so called "Ur-wave" of the 1950s, the new wave of the 1960s, and also the young filmmakers who only made their independent debut in exile. Jana Boková, Otakar Votoček, Bernard Šafařík or Václav Reischl made their films in Western Europe, Miloš Forman, Ivan Passer or Vojtěch Jasný in North America.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain work of Czech exile filmmakers (Czech exile xcinema) in relevant cultural and historical context.
Syllabus
  • Exilic cinema.
  • Czech exile after 1938, 1948 a 1968.
  • Czech filmmakers in exile.
Literature
    required literature
  • VORÁČ, Jiří. Český film v exilu. Kapitoly z dějin po roce 1968. (Czech film in exile. Chapters from the history after 1968.). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2004, 192 pp. Mimo edice. ISBN 80-7294-139-9. info
  • VORÁČ, Jiří (ed.). Filmový exil (An Exile cinema). Iluminace. Časopis pro teorii, historii a estetiku filmu. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2008, vol. 20, 2 (70), p. 1-222. ISSN 0862-397X. info
  • VORÁČ, Jiří (ed.). Dokument (v) exilu (Documentary film (in) exile). In SLOVÁKOVÁ, Andrea. DO. Revue pro dokumentární film III. Jihlava: JSFA, 2005, p. 11-60. ISBN 80-903513-5-2. info
    recommended literature
  • VORÁČ, Jiří. Ivan Passer: Filmový vypravěč rozmanitostí aneb od Intimního osvětlení k Nomádovi (The Storyteller of Diversities: The Films of Ivan Passer, from Intimate Lighting to Nomad). 1. vydání. Brno: Host, 2008, 320 pp. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-7294-277-0. info
  • MACEK, Václav. Ján Kadár. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenský filmový ústav, 2008, 355 s. ISBN 9788085187526. info
  • Jiří Horníček: Gustav Machatý. Touha dělat film. Brno: Host, 2011.
Teaching methods
Lectures and screenings.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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