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FILM 2 FINAL
international film
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
06/09/2014

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FRENCH NEW WAVE
Definition
films similar to Neorealism
2 parts:
Cahiers (film critics)
Left Bank- based on literally sources (Agnes Varda)
AMBIGUOUS ENDINGS
MIXED GENRES
JUMP CUTS
HUMOR
PLOT CONSTRUCTION
OUT CASTS
third-world countries
liberal sound

"Breathless" Godard

"400 Blows"- Truffaut
Term
Harakiri
Definition
directed by Kobayashi
Harakiri means "Sappuku" (to gut yourself)
TAKES PLACE IN BEGINNING OF TOKUAWA ERA IN 1630
Questions the Validity of History
MAIN MESSAGE: following codes blindly leads to dogmatism
all battles fought with real weapons

Characters;
Hanshiro protagonist
Iyi Clan-where samara goes to take seppuku
Saito= counselor
Term
Kobayashi
Definition
directed Harakiri
pacifist
soldier of war, yet never killed anyone
influenced by french new wave
Directed "The Human Condition" as a reflection of his experiences in war
Term
busido
Definition
sammari code
Term
TOKUGAWA ERA
Definition
1615-1868 height of samauri era coming of age samara follow bushido code Era ends with Meji Restoration in 1912
Term
Ronin
Definition
samarai that has no purpose anymore
Term
JAPANESE CINEMA
Definition
was going through extreme isolationist state and involved in two wars against CHINA and RUSSiA at end of 19th century
No women actresses
rigid cultural problems
Benshi narrated movies as an interpretation
Noh/Kabuki Theatre extremely aesthetic
No change in Japanese Cinema until 1940's

After WWII, Japan became americanized, creating themes of Loss of Identity in films
Term
oyama
Definition
man that impersonated women in japanese films
Term
tateyaku
Definition
strong archetype of japanese cinema
RABO, TERMINATOR, JOHN WAYNE
Term
nimaime
Definition
sensitive/ feminine archetype of japanese cinema
Term
Two genres of Japanese CInema
Definition
Jidai-geki ( pretokugawa/ tokugawa/ meji restoration)

Gendai-geki (shomin-geki)
Term
Kurosawa
Definition
directed "Rashamon"
western techniques but didn't reveal the truth behind 4 different accounts of rape
symbolizes truths relativity
Term
JIDAI-GEKI ERA
Definition
period films
year of samurais
pre tokugawa before 1615
Term
GEN DA GEKI ERA
Definition
contemporary films
Shomin-Geki
Term
Shomin-Geki (sub genre of Gen da Geki)
Definition
deals with low middle class
most important sub genre
major director = OZU
Term
OZU
Definition
major director of Shomin-Geki
used same genres and same actors in 70 movies
directed "Tokyo Story" (1950)
filmed low angle
Term
Mizogurchi
Definition
Japanese director that made films about women
made both gendakei and jidai-geki
Term
most important genres for sound era?
Definition
french new wave
italian neorealism
Term
EASTERN EUROPEAN CINEMA
Definition
iron curtain (poland, hungary, bolgaria)
all countries under control of soviet union leading to a COLD WAR. many uprisings in opposition to soviet, communist control.

2 BRANCHES OF CINEMA

1. propganda
2. nationalist/ resistance against soviet

movies= BIG RISK
Term
Svankmeir
Definition
Czech Animator
Director of "Dimensions of Dialogue" and "Pit, Pendulum, Hope"
known as contemporary melies
influenced by tim burton and artist: Arimoboldo
Stop motion photography
Term
Dimensions of Dialogue
Definition
3 parts:

1. INFINITE
aesthetic fruit faces eating each other

2. PASSION
clay characters make love and create blob of clay, fight the same way they make love

3. EXHAUSTION
two heads interacting INEFFICIENTLY with different objects
until they are exhausted
symbolizes loss of individual will and communism
Term
"Time of the Gypses" (1989)
Definition
Directed by Kurturica 1989
same time period the iron curtain came down
title in Romany means "A Home for a Hanging"
Story of Gypses living in Ugulsovia
COMING OF AGE
SHIFT IN GENRES
CIRCULAR NARRATIVE= NEVER ENDING STORY
CHARACTERS:
Protagonist= Pernan
Ahmad= guy that promises to fix sisters legs

theme of disillusionment
self-destructive choices

MAGICAL REALISM examples: pernan moves spoon with mind and sees dead mom through car window
Term
Kusturica
Definition
born bosnian but was a serv (same thing as a jew being a nazi)
directed "Time of Gypsies"
one of few directors that emphasize education
Term
where did magical realism start?
Definition
Latin American Literature
3rd world countries; harsh reality makes people resort to imagination to cope with life
Term
What language is spoken in "Time of the Gypsies"?
Definition
Romany-gypsy language
Term
The Other Conquest (2000)
Definition
directed by Carassaco
first Latin American film to be distributed by an American Studio (FOX)
Official release in Mexico April 1, 1999
highest grossing film in mexican history
Takes place in 16th century (1521-1531)
AZTECS VS SPANISH
main goal= shed light on history for more validity over familiarity
Term
ITALIAN NEOREALISM
Definition
WWII
NEW AESTHETIC
AMBIVELANT ENDINGS
CREATED EMPATHY
NON ACTORS
HUMANISTIC
AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE
SHOOT ON LOCATION
opposite of German Expressionism
portrays life as it REALLY IS rather than what it SHOULD BE
Italy controlled by Mussolini- bad reputation caused PISA to form.
No resources, EXTREME REALISM, Defined moral standpoint aimed to restore dignity to Italy
Term
founder of neorealism
Definition
Zavatinni
Term
"Breathless"
Definition
French New Wave
Directed by Godard
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