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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Cinema Studies

111-258/358 Surrealism and the Cinema

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Barbara Creed

Prerequisite/s:

111-105.

Contact:

A 2-hour screening maximum; 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial.

Subject Description:

A study of the origins, aims and features of surrealist film-making 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.

Assessment:

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays of take-home examinations totalling about 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • 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.
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