FINALTAKE-HOMEEXAMQUESTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
Writethreeseparateshortessays(650-750wordseachessay,approximately2.5-3pages each),answeringthefollowingquestions.PleasedoNOTsimplyrepeattheargumentpresentedinclass;trytofindanoriginalangleorapproachthatwilltakeyoubeyondclasslectures.
ItisdueonApril17,2015.
***NoteonUsingTheoreticalSources:theessaysyouchooseneednotbetheonesthatwereassignedonthesyllabusthesamedayasthefilmwasscreened.Inotherwords,you mayfindreadingsfromotherweekshelpfulinmakingyourargument,sodon’tbereluctanttocreatenew,potentiallyilluminatingpairings.Makesuretoprovideproper citations(i.e.includingpagenumbers)intheMLAorChicagostyle. You also need to cite your films.
Please follow the instructions carefully and answer the following questions thoughtfully
Q3.Overthecourseoftheterm,wehavereadanumberof“manifestos”whichboth pinpointedacrisisorproblemwithincinema,andproposedideasforthenewdirection thatcinemashouldtake.Choosetwoexamplesfromthelistbelow,andforeach,answerall thefollowingquestions:
a) Whataretwohistoricallyspecificfactorsthatthemanifestoisreactingagainst?
b) whatisonereasonthatthismanifestoappearsatthisparticularhistoricalmoment?
c) whataretwopropositionsforarenewedcinemathatthismanifestomakes?
d)foreachmanifesto,describeoneexampleofhowthisideawasexploredinafilmwewatchedthisterm.Bespecificabouttherelationoftheoryandpractice.
Youmaychoosefromthefollowingtexts:AlexandreAstruc:“TheBirthofaNew
Avant-Garde:LeCamera-Stylo.”;FernadoSolanasandOctavioGetino,“TowardaThird Cinema.”;JulioGarcíaEspinosa,“ForanImperfectCinema.”;Trier,Larsvon.””TheDogmeManifestoand”VowofChastity.”;SamiraMakhmalbaf.”TheDigitalRevolution andtheFutureofCinema.”
Resources (only chose two of the texts and answer the four questions above):
1. FernadoSolanasandOctavioGetino,“TowardaThird Cinema.”in Film and Theory:An Anthology, eds. Robert Stam and Toby Miller. (Malden: Blackwell, 2000),265-286.
Online reading link: http://documentaryisneverneutral.com/words/camasgun.html
(I had the hard copy for this reading, that is the link I could find online)
Related Film:The Hour of the Furnaces, Part I (Fernando Solanas andOctavioGetino, 1968, 90min) (Third World Cinema)
Film link (only describe example from part one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQOXKoMHOE0
I think one of the examples can be mentioned is the death picture of the revolutionist Che in the last few minutes.
2. Julio García Espinosa, “For an Imperfect Cinema,” Film and Theory: An Anthology,eds. Robert Stam and Toby Miller. (Malden: Blackwell, 2000),289-297.
Online Link: http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC20folder/ImperfectCinema.html
Related Film:The Hour of the Furnaces, Part I (Fernando Solanas andOctavioGetino, 1968, 90min)
Film link (only describe example from part one)
3. AlexandreAstruc:“TheBirthofaNewAvant-Garde:LeCamera-Stylo.”CriticalLandmarks.Ed.Graham,PeterJohn.GardenCity,N.Y.:Doubleday,1968.31-38.
Online link: http://a-bittersweet-life.tumblr.com/post/89073174059/alexandre-astruc-penned-one-of-the-most (scroll down) or
http://www.newwavefilm.com/about/camera-stylo-astruc.shtml
Related Film:Sedmikrásky (Daisies), Věra Chytilová (Czech,1966)(Czech New Wave Cinema)
Film link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoO3ZLmi2Is
4. Samira Makhmalbaf. “The Digital Revolution and the Future of Cinema.” WorldSocialistWeb Site (2000). December 122011
Online Link: <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/jun2000/makh-j28.shtml>.
Related Film: Moment of Innocence (Mohsan Makmahlbaf, 1996, 78mins)Iranian Cinema
5. Trier, Lars von. “”The Dogme Manifesto and “Vow of Chastity”.” Dogme Uncut : Lars Von Trier, Thomas Vinterburg, and the Gang That Took on Hollywood. Ed.Stevenson, Jack. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Press,2003.
http://pov.imv.au.dk/Issue_10/section_1/artc1A.html
Related Film: Moment of Innocence (Mohsan Makmahlbaf, 1996, 78mins)Iranian Cinema
I only had a hard copy for these readings, so above are the readings I could find online, if you need any other information please message me, but please focus on analyzing two of the manifestos.
