SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Dr. Barbara Creed.
111-105.
Semester One
No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and film screenings a week.
Students completing this subject should:
understand the origins of surrealist filmmaking in related cultural and political forms such as Dada, art, poetry and automatic writing
understand the political and social aims of the surrealist filmmakers
appreciate the characteristics of avant-garde forms of artistic and filmic expression;
appreciate and understand the films of Luis Bunuel.
A study of the origins, aims and features of surrealist filmmaking from its beginnings in Dada to its contemporary manifestations in the films of Luis Bunuel and David Lynch. Topics will include: surrealist politics; surrealist art; the marvellous; Hollywood influences; mad love; the theatre of cruelty; eroticism; sexuality.
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words.
Bunuel Luis My Last Breath Fontana USA 1983
Williams L Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film Uni of Calif Press Berkeley and Los Angeles 1981
SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA16.7
Dr Barbara Creed.
111-105
First semester.
No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and film screenings each week.
Students completing this subject should:
understand the origins of surrealist filmmaking in related cultural and political forms such as Dada, art, poetry and automatic writing;
understand the political and social aims of the surrealist filmmakers;
appreciate the characteristics of avant-garde forms of artistic and filmic expression; and
appreciate and understand the films of Luis Bunuel.
A study of the origins, aims and features of surrealist filmmaking from its beginnings in Dada to its contemporary manifestations in the films of Luis Bunuel and David Lynch. Topics will include: surrealist politics; surrealist art; the marvellous; Hollywood influences; mad love; the theatre of cruelty; eroticism; sexuality.
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words.
Bunuel L My Last Breath Fontana USA 1983
Williams L Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film Uni of Calif Press Berkeley and Los Angeles 1981