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FILM 1502 1st Edition Lecture 24Outline of Last Lecture I. How did the emergence of cinema, and experimentation, spur on notions of media utopianism?II. Has the political edge of experimental cinema been blunt by the passing of time? Why orwhy not?III. Discussion: Looking at the wide variety of formal and narrative experimentation in the films we’ve seen, what characteristics do these films share and what purposes do you think they serve?Outline of Current Lecture I. Quiz 4: Alternatives to Hollywood NarrativesII. What are the larger historical and cultural contexts that have impacted the narrative andstylistic development of film?III. What movements have emerged in response to particular historical conditions?IV. What major film cultures have emerged outside of Hollywood?Current LectureFilm History and Filmic Contexts 12/2 History/ Historiography- History: not the event that actually happened, telling a story about what happened, about omission and selection - Historiography: the critical examination of sources and the selection of particular materials - Moving away from Hollywood - Periodization: film in relation to its own historical moment o Fight Club—adaptation, changed the story to fit the time period The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Weine, 1920)- What/Who do we see?o Mise-en-scene—gravity unimportant, unrealistic environment, functional, abstract, regalfeeling, large space - German expressionismo Move away from realism - Problems with periodization o German expressionism does not necessarily end, become less important but still exists These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)- Whimsical, dramatic, playful then shift to end of melodrama-highly expressive and brutally realistic - Mise-en-scene—big city lights- The French new wave o Expanding the expressive potential of film, experiment with film not experimental o Cahiers du cinema—film journal/ film society o Auteurism: director centric approach-director is the author of the film The Smiling Madame Beudet (Germaine Dulac, 1923)- Experimentation- Dream


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