Film Final 2 Flashcards
Novo/Third Cinema history and aftermath
started in 1960s
1st/2nd/3rd world categorized
propaganda movement to make US look better
After effects: fought for distribution, monopoly qualities, too much control, politically motivated, Hollywood dominated international cinema too
Brazil for cinema Novo
Third cinema in South America in general
3rd world definition
not NATO/UN affiliated, No NATO alliance, soviet countries
Glauber Rocha and the Aesthetics of Hunger
cinema novo, wrote manifesto of 3rd cinema
Cinema Novo qualities
violence as desperation and norm, non-materialistic, poor, unhappy, desperate, misery, violence as revolutionary, anti-glamour, anti-hollywood, cinema to represent ideas
Third Cinema
ideology and aesthetics
ideology: opposed to colonialism, movies as mass persuasion not entertainment, gives audience new ways to convince them of their socio-political reality, consciousness art form, independent or alternate production/financing
aesthetics: rejection of conventional hollywood narrative, creation of a unique cinematic language, reclamation/incorporation of authentic forms of culture imposed by foreign values, guerilla tactics, non-professional actors
French New Wave?
- production advancements: cheap cameras, better sound sync
- film as a medium, gives artist personal expression
- conventions inherited from the 30s/40s inhibited film from full audio-visual expression
- Hollywood vs. Cinema du Papa
- French New Wave directors critical of French new wave revered Hollywood
Colonial Rule and Senegalese Culture
assimilation: policy emphasized superiority of french culture/civilization
mission civilsatrice: french wanted to convert barbarian people into frenchmen
dismissed local culture as invaluable
until 1960 in west africa, colonials made it illegal for africans to make their own films
cinematic depictions of Africa example
Tarzan, origin from Darwinist
Borom Sarret
first film made by black African, Italian neorealism influence
Djibril Dlop Mambety
life and influences
actor to director, does not clearly fit in a single category of filmmaking
wanted to revolutionize the industry and focus on corruption, change superficialness of African cinema
modernity vs. ruralness
influences: Hollywood, french new wave, travel/journey films, hyenas, trickster system, senegalese culture, 3rd world cinema, formal techniques
1960 film shift
much more self-reflexive (singing in the rain, 1952)
hollywood crisis in the 1960s, changes in censorship rules
Radical Cinema
what they were
experimental films of the 60s and 70s
due to change in technology
5 major movement
Radical Cinema 5 major movement and example
the lyrical film -film as poetry, no structure ex: dog star man visual music -film as music, film as meditation ex: lapis 1966 the collage film -film as collage ex: a movie underground cinema -film as rebellion ex: fuses structural film -form as film, filmmaker has their own rules ex: wavelength, lemon, necrology
James Whitney
made movies with brother john, early computer animators, used WWII anti-aircraft gun computer for animation, did opening sequence of Vertigo and 2001
did lapis 1966
Kenneth Anger
Scorpio Rising (1963) Homoeroticism, motorcycle culture, Rock and roll soundtrack, Exhibitor arrested for public obscenity, Scandal helped establish underground cinema reputation, Kustom Kar Kommandoes, challenges notions of masculinity
