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 107-084 Surrealism and the Cinema

Note

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

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Barbara Creed

Prerequisites

Usually 12.5 points of first year cinema studies, see Prerequisites, or first year European studies, see Prerequisites.

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Subject Description

This subject is 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. Students who successfully complete the subject should understand the origins of surrealist film-making; understand the political and social aims of the surrealist filmmakers; and appreciate the characteristics of avant-garde forms of artistic and filmic expression.



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