Fot. from The Spirit of the Beehive

HS: Filme für Künstler / Necessary Images

Kurzbeschreibung:
Screenings and close readings of thirteen international films. Emphasis will be placed on the formal elements specific to the films and their themes, especially in regard to Bresson’s notion of “necessary images” in cinematography.

I. Childhood

Oct. 21 Los olvidados – Luis Buñuel (1951) 77’ (Spain/Mexico)

Oct. 28 El espiritu de la colmena/The Spirit of the Beehive – Victor Erice (1973) 99’ (Spain)

Nov. 4 Zerkalo/ Mirror – Andrei Tarkovsky (1974) 106’ (Russia)

II. Identification, Transience, Composition

Nov. 11 M. – Fritz Lang (1931) 110’  (Germany)

Nov. 18 La règle du jeu/The Rules of the Game – Jean Renoir (1939) 106’ (France)

Nov. 25 Late Spring – Ozu Yasujiro (1949) 108’ (Japan)

III. Genre and the Image

Dec. 2 Alphaville – Jean-Luc Godard (1965) 99’ (Switzerland/France)

Dec. 9 The Conformist – Bernardo Bertolucci (1970) 111’ (Italy)

Dec. 16 The Long Goodbye – Robert Altman (1973) 112’ (USA)

Referat topic due

IV. The Transcendent Image

Jan. 13 Au hasard Balthazar – Robert Bresson (1966) 95’ (France)

Jan. 20 Chimes at Midnight – Orson Welles (1966) 112’ (USA/Spain)

Jan. 27 The Turin Horse – Béla Tarr (2011) 146’ (Hungary)

V. The Necessary Image

Feb. 3 El sol del membrillo/The Quince Tree Sun – Victor Erice (1992) 134’ (Spain)

Feb. 10 Referate

Teilnahmebedingungen:
Regular attendance (no more than 3 absences). Students receiving 8 ECTS points are required to give a presentation and write a Hausarbeit (8 – 12 pages); 6 ECTS points require a short paper (5 – 8 pages); 4 ECTS points, class participation. Non-credit students are welcome at any of the screenings and discussions.