SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Films:
Toni (Renoir 1934)
No Lies (Block 1974)
The "Florence" sequence from Paisan (Rossellini 1946)
All the films are available on DVD in the Film Services Library on my reserve shelf: DVD 2627 (Toni). DVD 4270 (No Lies) and DVD 3701 (Paisan). The relevant sequence in Paisan is DVD Chapters 12 - 16, 00:59:23 through 1:21:16.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL SPECIFY IN THESE NOTES EACH WEEK WHETHER YOU SHOULD READ INDIVIDUAL PIECES BEFORE OR AFTER THE CLASS MEETING.
For this week, please read Bazin before class on Monday, but DO NOT read Sobchack or Milne until after the first class session.
Tom Milne, "Toni."
When you purchase the reader ($36.25 plus tax at www.universityreaders.com), the first few weeks' readings will be downloadable as PDF files.
The short video piece below, produced by K. Ogonada for the British Film Institute, will be shown and discussed in the first class session.
For this week, please read Bazin before class on Monday, but DO NOT read Sobchack or Milne until after the first class session.
Readings -
Tom Milne, "Toni."
Andre Bazin, "Neo Realism: An Aesthetic of Reality," in course reader.
Vivian Sobchack, "No Lies: Direct Cinema as Rape," in course reader.
When you purchase the reader ($36.25 plus tax at www.universityreaders.com), the first few weeks' readings will be downloadable as PDF files.
The short video piece below, produced by K. Ogonada for the British Film Institute, will be shown and discussed in the first class session.
