Anotace
Traditionally, the cinema of Eastern Europe has been associated with propaganda and art films. However, significant numbers of popular or genre films have been made in Czechoslovakia, many of which commercially successful, fondly regarded by Czechoslovak moviegoers at the time, and have since achieved cult status in Czechoslovak film culture. As such, this module offers students insight into post-war Czechoslovak popular and genre cinema. It encourages students to analyze Czechoslovak popular and genre films in relation to the industrial, social, political and cultural contexts in which they were produced and consumed. Employing a case study approach, which focuses on a range of different types of films from sci-fi films, to fairy-tales, comedies, and gangster films, the module invites students to reflect upon the ways in which these genres and others intersected with, and articulated, aspects of Czechoslovak history such as Cold War geopolitical tensions, internal social and economic concerns, and notions of national identity. In doing so, the course addresses key debates relating to concepts of the popular cinema, genre, national and art cinema, and also cinemas of Eastern Europe and anti-americanization.
All films have English sub-titles.
Schedule (every two weeks, with one exception, see dates): Friday 9.10am–12.25 7.10. (Introductory class), 14.10. (week 1), 21.10., 4. 11. 18.11., 2.12., 16.12.