Critical awareness of theoretical reflection on cinema in relation to the great historical moments from its origins to the 1960s.
Course Prerequisites
Outlines of the social and cultural history of the twentieth century.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and film analysis.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam.
Texts
Extracts agreed during the course by: Alberto Boschi, Teorie del cinema. Il periodo classico 1915-1945, Carocci, Roma, 2007 Francesco Casetti, Teorie del cinema (1945-1990), Bompiani, Milano, 1993 Francesco Casetti, L'occhio del Novecento. Cinema, esperienza, modernità Copertina flessibile, Bompiani, Milano, 2005 Andrea Pinotti, Antonio Somaini, Cultura Visuale, Einaudi, Torino, 2016
Course handout and film analysis
Non-attending students must agree on the program with the teacher.
Contents
film theories. From its origins to the sixties.
1 week Modernity and cinema (W. Benjamin) 2 weeks The origins: a new language, a new perception (B. Balaz, J. Epstein) 3 weeks The avant-gardes and the theories of montage (D. Vertov, S. Ejsenstejn, A. Warburg, G. Bataille) 4 and 5 weeks. Questions of realism (S. Kracauer , A. Bazin) 6 weeks Cinema: language or language (C. Metz, R. Bellour)
