CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

We will have a special screening of YASUKUNI , a documentary (2008), by LI Ying. Time/Venue:Nov 5 (Thurs) 4:30pm; Rm 131  Japanese language, with English subtitle everybody is welcome!!! Excerpt from New York Times article on this film For a viewer not steeped in Asian history and Japanese politics, Mr. Li’s oblique, cinéma vérité approach may be a little confusing at first. But the absence of narration or an expressed directorial point of view is central to the film’s achievement, which is to address a passionately contested snarl of issues with a calm, nuanced ethical curiosity. Both the defenders of Japanese imperial glory and the victims of Japanese expansionist barbarism are heard. And while Japanese conservatives were outraged by the film when it was released last year, Mr. Li’s patience with their side’s view might also cause queasiness among those who wish for more overt expressions of candor, contrition and indignation about Japan’s conduct during World...

I.                [EARLIEST FILM SCREENING] Please offer a historical account of the first film screening (NOTE: modern cinema, not the pre-cinema inventions such as shadow play) ever taking place in your home country, or any other nation of your interest (could be Japan!). You might want to illustrate where/when the screening took place and who actually contributed to such event(s) and who the audiences were. Other relevant details could be added. You may also want to explain briefly what made the screenings possible (technologically; infrastructurally; socioculturally; or even politically). For the writing style you could refer to KT & DB’s, or other film history books. You should offer at least 2 sources of academic references at the end of the entry (could be from monographs; anthologies; academic journal etc.; but please no WIKIPEDIA); images or clips are welcomed but not a must. You could submit th...

http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/review/primary_image/reviews/great-movie-the-general-1927/hero_EB19970531REVIEWS08401010365AR.jpg readings Required Reading TK&BD. 2010. “The Late Silent Era in Hollywood, 1920-1928”, Film History: an Introduction (third edition), McGraw-Hill Education, p128-151 [distributed in class on Oct 29] 

Dear all, Here is the PDF file of today's lecture： National Cinemas: 1913-1919 & Classical Hollywood Cinema CLICK  HERE  TO DOWNLOAD 【you need password to do so】 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)

Dear all, Sharing with you here a very handy book on the basics about Film Studies. Villarejo, Amy.  Film Studies: the Basics , Routledge, 2 nd  edition, 2013 You could download ITS FIRST EDITION from here; please do not circulate it beyond the use for academics https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iCIatGj0eLN29wWWNFRENKdVk/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/dvdboxart/23976/p23976_d_v7_aa.jpg Required Reading TK&BD. 2010. “Soviet Cinema in the 1920s”, Film History: an Introduction (third edition), McGraw-Hill Education, p105-127 [will be distributed on Oct 22 in class]

Dear all, As I mentioned, I would PDF my PREZI flow and you don't have to worry about taking notes (while it'd be great you do take some notes...) Here is the PDF file of today's lecture： Early Cinema: Origins, Machines and Magics CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 【you need password to do so】 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)