New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America Intro The end of an era: celluloid was becoming less used 1990-1998: The Last Days of Celluloid – Before the Coming of Digital. Started in Iran The Apple (1998) dir. Samira Makhmalbaf showed how parenal love went wrong for two daughters A Moment of Innocence (1996) dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf … [Read more…]
Fight the Power: Protest in Film Intro Conservative ideals spread false ideas, filmmakers captured those falsehoods, Film was booming in China The 1980s: Moviemaking and Protest – Around the World. The Horse Thief (1988) dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang unmaoist subject spoke truth to power Interested in mystical aspects of characters His teachers talked a lot about image, color, … [Read more…]
The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream Intro The most famous and successful movies of the 70s were innovative, even though they were mainstream Hong Kong, other than New York, is the most filmed city low cost filming and fast growing culture and economy Emperor in the 50s built the largest film studio in the … [Read more…]
Movies to Change the World Intro Countries began to question what they wold do with their new identity Billy Brandt had power in Germany Iran got rich Africa became decolonized Film became about identity and history Economic boom numbed the guilt of the holocaust in Germany 1969-1979: Radical Directors in the 70s – Make State … [Read more…]
American Cinema of the 70s Intro 60s ended with the deaths of social icons, the start of the Vietnam War New honesty was brought to film along with experience of personal film from the 60s Film schools and understanding of film history gathered momentum and confidence 1967-1979: New American Cinema Mockery films thought it was … [Read more…]
New Directors, New Form Intro Berlin wall had just been built Rebellion in Europe happened as communism was spreading Movies went global in the 60s 1965-1969: New Waves – Sweep Around the World. Poland was one of the central film making nations Ashes and Diamonds (1958) dir. Andrzej Wajda first day of peace after WW2, then communists … [Read more…]
European New Wave Intro Worldwide tension was rising everywhere Nuclear war was upcoming Berlin wall was built Movies were no longer the young new art form 1957-1964: The Shock of the New – Modern Filmmaking in Western Europe. Ingmar Bergman was an upcoming director who created many new techniques Summer with Monika (1953) dir. Ingmar Bergman an … [Read more…]
Sex & Melodrama Intro Widescreen and color are created Overflowing emotions, started in Egypt Era of the melodrama, created by Youssef Chahine 1953-1957: The Swollen Story: World Cinema Bursting at the Seams Cairo Station (1958) dir. Youssef Chahine first great Arab film, intense and individual scenes captured the tension of it’s time some of his inspiration cam … [Read more…]
Post-War Cinema Intro Mussolini is in power in Italy, 1939 Neo-Realism emerges, deals with the trauma of war Movies had to become raw 1939-1952: The Devastation of War…And a New Movie Language John Ford was a great director He didn’t like to talk about his films, but others loved to analyze Stagecoach (1939) dir. John Ford about … [Read more…]
The Arrival of Sound Intro Sound cinema was taking off, 10 million more tickets were sold a year Real locations were harder to use, filmmakers were forced back to studios Picture became secondary to the sound, cinema lost its art The 1930s: The Great American Movie Genres… Love Me Tonight (1932) dir. Rouben Mamoulian Depicts Paris morning … [Read more…]