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107-025 Postcolonialism and the Cinema | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-216/316. Students who have completed 111-216/316 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Jeanette Hoorn |
Prerequisites | Usually 12.5 points of first year Cinema Studies see Prerequisites |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture, and a 1-hour tutorial, and a 2-hour screening per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines films set in the Pacific region (Tahiti, Hawaii, Vietnam, Japan, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines) from a postcolonial perspective. The representation of colonialism in films from various national cinemas as well as those made Hollywood will be studied. By considering films produced from early in the century the emergence of colonialist attitudes and themes in cinema will be considered. Films will be studied from a broad range of genres including Film noir ( William Whyler's The Letter), historical epic ( Regis Wargnier's Indochine) and documentary cinema (F.W. Murnau's Tabu) as well as from entertainment cinema. The bulk of the course will however deal with films in which a postcolonial point of view underlies the directors intentions such Marlon Fuente's film Bontoc Eulogy and Clara Law's Floating Life. |
Assessment | A class paper of 2000 words and an essay of 2000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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