EEUR164 - Russian and East European Film From the October Revolution To World War II

Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Russian and East European Film From the October Revolution To World War II
Term
2019C
Subject area
EEUR
Section number only
401
Section ID
EEUR164401
Course number integer
164
Meeting times
MW 02:00 PM-03:30 PM
Meeting location
WILL 24
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Vladislav T. Todorov
Description
This course presents the Russian contribution to world cinema before WWII - nationalization of the film industry in post revolutionary Russia, the creation of institutions of higher education in filmmaking, film theory, experimentation with the cinematic language, and the social and political reflex of cinema. Major themes and issues involve: the invention of montage, Kuleshov effect, the means of visual propaganda and the cinematic component to the communist cultural revolutions, party ideology and practices of social-engineering, cinematic response to the emergence of the totalitarian state. Great filmmaker and theorist in discussion include Vertov, Kuleshov, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Medvedkin and others.
Course number only
164
Cross listings
CIMS164401, RUSS164401
Fulfills
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No