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107-084 Surrealism and the Cinema | |
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Note | Formerly available as 111-258/358. Students who have completed 111-258 or 111-358 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
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 | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour screening, a 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
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. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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