FAVz009 Hollywood Stars

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MA Peter Kramer (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 130 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/130, only registered: 0/130
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives (in Czech)
1. Screening: Roman Holiday (1953, 118min) Mon pm Lecture: "The Making of a Star: Audrey Hepburn from Europe to Hollywood" Reading: Karen Hollinger, "The Hollywood Star-Actress and Studies of Stardom", The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star, London: Routledge, 2006, pp.27-46 2. Screening: Coming Home (1978, 126min) Lecture: "Stars and Politics: Jane Fonda from Vietnam to Video" Reading: Barbara Tischler, "'Hanoi Jane' Lives: The 1960s Legacy of Jane Fonda", Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s, ed. Avital H. Block and Lauri Umansky, New York: New York University Press, 2005, pp.241-58 3. Screening: Fatal Attraction (1987, 119min) Lecture: "Producers, Scripts and Actors: Sherry Lansing and the Changing Status of Women in Hollywood" Reading: Emanuel Levy, "Social Attributes of American Movie Stars", Media, Culture and Society, vol.12, no.2 (April 1990), pp.247-67 4. Wed am Screening: Pretty Woman (1990, 117min) Lecture: "Stars and Hits: Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock in the 1990s" Reading: Arthur De Vany, "Uncertainty in the Movie Industry: Can Star Power Reduce the Terror of the Box Office?", Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry, London: Routledge, 2004, pp.71-98 5. Screening: Contact (1997, 150min) Lecture: "Star Vehicles: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs and Contact" Reading: Karen Hollinger, "'A Perfect Acting Machine': Jodie Foster", The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star, London: Routledge, 2006, pp.141-64 6. Seminar: "Sources for the Study of Stardom: Literature, Internet, Archives" Reading: Peter Krämer, "Bibliographical Notes" and "Bibliography", Screen Acting, ed. Alan Lovell and Peter Krämer, London: Routledge, 1999, pp.165-79 screenings with an introduction by the lecturer
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Two screenings beforehand: Thursday, October 25, 18.30 – Pretty Woman (1990, 117min) Thursday, November 1, 18.30 – Roman Holiday (1953, 118min) Monday, November 5: 10.00-11.35 lecture – The Making of a Star: Audrey Hepburn from Europe to Hollywood 15.00 – 17.30 screening with an introduction: Coming Home (1978, 126min) 18.00 – 19.30 lecture: Stars and Politics: Jane Fonda from Vietnam to Video. 19.45 – 20.45 screening with an introduction: Fatal Attraction (1987, 119min) – I. part of the movie Tuesday: 10.00-11.35: screening: Fatal Attraction – II. part of the movie 11.40 - 13.15: lecture – Producers, Scripts and Actors: Sherry Lansing and the Changing Status of Women in Hollywood Wednesday: 15.00 – 16.35 lecture – Stars and Hits: Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock in the 1990s 17.00 – 19.45 screening with an introduction - Contact (1997, 150min) Thursday – 10.-11.35 lecture – Star Vehicles: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs and Contact (13.15-15.00 /seminar with restricted access, for 20 students with a strong motivation; active participation in the seminar discussion is supposed; in the case you are interested, please, contact me in advance – skopal@phil.muni.cz the topic: Sources for the Study of Stardom: Literature, Internet, Archives) Obligatory Reading: Karen Hollinger, "The Hollywood Star-Actress and Studies of Stardom", The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star, London: Routledge, 2006, pp.27-46 Barbara Tischler, "'Hanoi Jane' Lives: The 1960s Legacy of Jane Fonda", Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s, ed. Avital H. Block and Lauri Umansky, New York: New York University Press, 2005, pp.241-58 Emanuel Levy, "Social Attributes of American Movie Stars", Media, Culture and Society, vol.12, no.2 (April 1990), pp.247-67 Arthur De Vany, "Uncertainty in the Movie Industry: Can Star Power 15.00-Reduce the Terror of the Box Office?", Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry, London: Routledge, 2004, pp.71-98 Karen Hollinger, "'A Perfect Acting Machine': Jodie Foster", The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star, London: Routledge, 2006, pp.141-64 - all the texts were uploaded to the Information System for the seminar: Peter Krämer, "Bibliographical Notes" and "Bibliography", Screen Acting, ed. Alan Lovell and Peter Krämer, London: Routledge, 1999, pp.165-79
Assessment methods (in Czech)
will be specified by the lecturer
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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