FILM 1502 1st Edition Lecture 25Outline of Last 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?Outline of Current Lecture I. Why have certain themes and groups of filmmakers and films been marginalized?II. What benefits can be gained by seeing these objects not as marginalized, but as necessarily important to our understanding of film culture as a whole?III. Discussion: De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves is certainly an excellent example of Italian Neo-Realism, but can we view it as both influenced by and influential on its historical context?Current Lecture“The Lost and Found of Film History” 12/4 Q1: Periodization Neorealism - The Bicycle Thiefo Italian Neorealism Feel the city, post-war Italy, theft and crime become cyclical-desperation o History Some historical objects remembered and some forgotten Amazing films made that no one sees because uncomfortable topics, important to watch Lost and Found- “the lost and found of film history”o something forgotten but still there waiting for us - Omission and selection- Reasons - Massive inequality in filmmaking 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.- Women filmmakers-only 7%, powerful women omitted from film history, excluded from high budgeto Germaine Dulac: great French filmmakero Lois Weber: US filmmaker - Mary Anning and Her Monsters—great paleontologist at time of Darwin, erased from history - Kathryn Bigelow—The Hurt Locker, involved in major films yet still unequal Killer of Sheep - Race and representation - Shifts: Oscar Micheaux to Spike Lee o 60s and 70s Paramount Decision—studios couldn’t own all aspects of film industry, got rid of ownership of theatres Porn being shown in mainstream theatres, B movie production accelerated, exploitation film, independent film Silver Lake Life - Classic Hollywood and “coding”o LGBT, non heterosexual relationships were common, characterized as deviants, explicitly stating it not discussing - HIV/AIDs—changed the way that mainstream culture portrayed LGBT
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