CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

Dear all, [source of image:http://www.rarefilmposters.com/picture?pic=1235930107&table=pictures&width=395&height=600] the screening of TWO ACTRESSES (aka TWO STAGE SISTERS) will take place on May 12th (Tuesday)@School of Letter Rm 237 (refer to the map below). It's on the second floor of the same building; super large...but with curtain... we want to start earlier at 2:35 pm floor map [click the image]

Dear all, you could download a concise version of my presentation HERE . NOTE: password is the date of the lecture . for instance if the lecture takes place on January 01, 1900 then the password would be 19000101 ( eight-digit:yyyymmdd) Please do not circulate it beyond the classroom. Enjoy the Golden Week!

Required Reading: Desser, David. Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction To The Japanese New Wave Cinema, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988 :58-62 [click HERE to download] Richie, Donald. 2009. “Imamura Revisited.” Film Quarterly 63 (1): 44–49. doi:10.1525/FQ.2009.63.1.44.The. [will be distributed in class] Film for Reference: Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker , Dir. Paulo Rocha, 1995

Dear all, for the screening on Apr 21, the classroom will be 1AB (on the same floor of Rm 131; but at the other end) MAP OF THE FLOOR I hope we could start at 2:40 pm , so that it doesn't end too late ; ) For the coming week, we will also do the short introduction of ourselves (?!). [source of image:http://manicowl.com/images/dnkkn/btg_20.jpg] Screening: Pigs and Battleships ( 豚と軍艦 ), Dir. Imamura Shohei , 1961, 108min

INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUNDS, MAPS AND APPROACHES Preparation reading: Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin. “Introduction”, Film History: An Introduction , McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003 [DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS] Higson, Andrew. “The Concept Of National Cinema”, Screen (1989) 30 (4): 36-47.doi: 10.1093/screen/30.4.36 [DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE HERE ]

Welcome to Asian Film History after 1945 You could find the draft of syllabus here [we might change some parts of it]