FAV183 Vojtech Jasny

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Vojtěch Jasný (lecturer)
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
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
Vojtěch Jasný (b. 1925) - film director, scriptwriter, occasionally cinematographer in authorial and documentary projects - is one of the emblematic persons of modern Czech cinema. He began work in the 1950s as a maker of propaganda documentary films, later became one of the key representatives of the critical ur-wave, in the 60s made a reputation as an internationally renowned filmmaker of the new Czech cinema ("All My Good Countrymen", 1968). After leaving for exile, he worked in Austria and Germany (e.g. a Heinrich Böll adaptation "Ansichten eines Clowns", 1975) and later in the USA and Canada (e.g. a documentary film "Why Havel?", 1991). His filmography includes over fifty movies. Apart from them he directed for theater (Vienna, Helsinki) and gave lectures at film schools in Vienna, Salzburg, Munich and New York (Columbia University, New York Film Academy and School of Visual Arts).
Jasný’s work stands out not only for its width and diversity but also and mainly with its distinctive authorial approach, poetic style and spiritual values. Simultaneously, it is significantly influenced by extra-artistic, political and social conditions, or by mental, cultural and production patterns in various countries, where Jasný worked. We can find a peculiar tension between “transcending“, artistic and authorial aspects, and “determining“, political, industrial and the like aspects in his work. The “borderline“ aspect of Jasný’s films represents a special topic that is originated in the conflict of various experiences and cultures (exilic aspect).
Jasný’s work is intimately tied up with his life and certain circumstances, which are quite challenging not only on the personal and creative level but also as a symptomatic picture of the development of Czech post-war culture and society.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain life and work of Vojtech Jasny in cultural and historical context and deepen their knowledge of the cinema history.
Syllabus
  • Films by Vojtech Jasny.
  • History of modern Czech cinema.
  • Exilic cinema.
Literature
    required literature
  • JASNÝ, Vojtěch. Život a film. Edited by Jan Lukeš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 1999, 276 s., [3. ISBN 80-7004-094-7. info
  • 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
  • PŘÁDNÁ, Stanislava, Zdena ŠKAPOVÁ and Jiří CIESLAR. Démanty všednosti :český a slovenský film 60. let : kapitoly o nové vlně. Vyd. 1. Praha: Pražská scéna, 2002, 387 s. ISBN 80-86102-17-3. info
  • HAMES, Peter. Československá nová vlna. Translated by Tomáš Pekárek. Vydání první. [Praha]: Levné knihy, 2008, 344 stran. ISBN 9788073095802. info
  • LIEHM, A. J. Ostře sledované filmy :československá zkušenost. Edited by Jan Lukeš. Vyd. v ČR a v tomto souboru. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2001, 470 s., [1. ISBN 80-7004-100-5. info
    recommended literature
  • Iluminace, 8, 1996, č. 1 (český film 60. let).
  • Voráč, Jiří. Všichni dobří rodáci. Encyklopedické heslo. Iluminace, Praha : Národní filmový archiv, 11, 2 (34),s. 177-180. ISSN 0862-397X. 1999.
  • Voráč, Jiří. Nerealizovaný scénář Vojtěcha Jasného (Kominíček a korouhvičky). Iluminace (Časopis pro teorii, historii a estetiku filmu), Praha : Národní filmový archiv, 15, 1 (49),s. 103-113. ISSN 0862-397X. 2003.
  • ŽALMAN, Jan. Umlčený film. První doplněné vydání. [Praha]: KMa, s. r. o., 2008, 431 stran. ISBN 9788073095734. info
  • BOČEK, Jaroslav. Kapitoly o filmu. Praha: Orbis, 1968. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, screenings, discussion.
Assessment methods
Essay (7 pgs.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Termíny blokové výuky: 18.-24.10.2010 v kině Art (Brno).
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
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