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 107-084 Surrealism and the Cinema: From Cartoons to Video Clips

Note

Formerly available as 111-258/358. Students who have completed 111-258/358 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Barbara Creed

Prerequisites

Usually 12.5 points of first year Cinema Studies see Prerequisites

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture, a 1-hour tutorial, and a 2-hour screening per week

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; theatre of cruelty and surrealist influences in comics, video clips and advertising.

Assessment

Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

A subject reader will be available

  • L Bunuel, My Last Breath. Fontana 1983.


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