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A Beginner’s Guide to International Cinema
Starts Thursday 23 April 2015 7-9pm (for 10 weeks)
Tutor: Nigel Herwin
Session 1: “International Cinema”
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Introduction.
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Notions of “European” and “World Cinema”.
Key issues and debates.
Session 2: Germany
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An indigenous “Art” Cinema: German Expressionism.
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Weimar Cinema and Leni Riefenstahl.
Post-war German cinema.
Session 3: Russia
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Political cinema.
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Soviet Montage: Sergei Eisenstein; Vsevolod Pudovkin; Dziga Vertov.
The “Dissident” Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Session 4: Italy
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“Italian Neo-Realism” and questions of cinematic reality.
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Italian directors: Rossellini, Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, Antonioni.
Italian Exploitation Cinema: Peplum, Spaghetti Westerns, Giallo.
Session 5: France
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Cahiers du cinéma and the rise of the “auteur”
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The Nouvelle Vague: Godard and Truffaut.
Post-1968: Cinéma du look and Heritage Cinema
Session 6: India
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Stayajit Ray: The Apu Trilogy.
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Bollywood: The Most Popular Cinema in the World?
Amitabh Bachchan: The Most Popular Star in the World?
Session 7: The Far East (Japan/China/Hong Kong)
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Yasujirō Ozu: A Director of Deceptive Simplicity.
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Akira Kurosawa & The Samurai Movie.
Hong Kong action movies (Jackie Chan)
Session 8: The Middle East
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Restrictions and Censorship.
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Abbas Kiarostami and New Iranian Cinema.
Session 9: Africa
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The neglected continent?
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Visions of a Post-Colonial Cinema.
“Nollywood”.
Session 10: Conclusions
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A quick trip around all the overlooked countries!
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The future for international cinema?
A Beginner’s Guide to International Cinema: Suggested Viewing
Germany:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine, 1919)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Pandora’s Box (G. W. Pabst, 1929)
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)
Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1973)
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1999)
Russia:
Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
Storm Over Asia (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1928)
The Man with the Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1928)
Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)
Italy:
Rome – Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sicca, 1948)
L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
8½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
France:
La Règle du Jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939)
Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1959)
Jules et Jim (François Truffaut, 1961)
Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981)
Jean De Florette (Claude Berri, 1986)
Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
India:
Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
Sholay (Ramesh Sippy, 1975)
Japan, China & Hong Kong:
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1951)
The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
Gojira [Godzilla] (Inoshiro Honda, 1955)
Hard-Boiled (John Woo, 1992)
Middle East:
Through the Olive Trees (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
Africa:
The Gods Must Be Crazy (Jamie Uys, 1980)
Tsotsi (Gavin Hood, 2005)
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
Please note that the outline may be subject to change. Suggested viewing for each session is
listed.