The 1950’sThe golden age of science fiction Flashcards
Expression (def)
the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words
a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words
communication of emotion through music, painting, movies etc
a look on the face that indicates mood or emotion
a particular phrase used conventionally to express something
Repression def
the act or process of repressing or the condition of being repressed
To repress = to check or inhibit (actions or desires)
to hold down and control (persons) unfairly or evilly (ex: to repress one’s civil rights).
Psychologyto keep down or hold back (memories, emotions, or impulses) unconsciously
the subconscious rejection of thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct
Importance of radio broadcast
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (1915– 1985) American actor, director, producer, & screenwriter
→ Citizen Kane
Exectutive etc
The clear and present danger test features two independent conditions:
first, the speech must impose a threat that a substantive evil might follow,
and second, the threat is a real, imminent threat.
House committee
The House Committee on Un-American Ativities (HUAC, created in 1938 to investigate loyalty in the US). Became strongly anti-communist under senator Joseph Mccarthy (1908-1957). Linked to hollywood blacklist and witch-hunting.
The Hollywood ten
10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947,
They refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations, and, after spending time in prison for contempt of Congress, were mostly blacklisted by the Hollywood studios.
Among them : Ring Lardner, John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo…
Self-incrimination
The Hollywood ten (to take the fifth)
Self-incrimination
Self-incrimination is the intentional or unintentional act of providing information that will suggest your involvement in a crime, or expose you to criminalprosecution.
TheFifth Amendmentprovides protection to individuals from being compelled to incriminate themselves.
Nom d’une personne sur la chasse aux sorcieres ?
Jules Dassin (1911-2008)
Jules Dassin est né le 18 décembre 1911 à Middletown, dans le Connecticut (U.S.A.), de parents russes immigrants.
Mais c’est l’époque où “la chasse aux sorcières” s’abat sur l’industrie cinématographique hollywoodienne et, accusé de sympathies pro-communistes, Dassin est obligé de quitter les États-Unis. Il tourne en Angleterre Les forbans de la nuit (1950) puis se fixe en France
Orson Welles
est un artiste américain, à la fois acteur, réalisateur, producteur et scénariste, mais également metteur en scène de théâtre, dessinateur, écrivain et illusionniste, né le 6 mai 1915 à Kenosha et mort le 10 octobre 1985 à Hollywood
→ 24/02/1982 invité à Paris pour être décoré de la Légion d’honneur des mains de Francois Mitterand & pour présider la cérémonie des Cesars,
→ Orson Welles dialoguait avec un public essentiellement composé de jeunes auditeurs
Dalton TRUMBO
1905-1976
Johnny got his gun, 1971(film)
First a novel by Trumbo (1938)
Joe Bonham (Bottoms), a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell during World War I, lies in a hospital bed. He is a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to reason, but his wounds render him a prisoner in his own body.
Extract → “Then the door opened. He felt the vibration of a footstep a light one the nurse’s footstep. He strained to feel the rest. Then came the vibrations of another footstep this one heavier belonging to a man”.
Story of the song Metallica
Metallica’s vocalist, James Hetfield saw the film : Johnny Got his gun while the band were driting material for the new alum
Shocked by the plight of the soldier at the centre of the film score, James was moved to rad the book & learn about the story.
Th e rest of the band then all want to see the film & read the book several times. The story moved them so much that they wrote the lyrics to “one” as a tribute to Dalton Trumbo’s work.
One, like much of Metallica’s wrk = an anti war song
In the video, relevant images taken from the film which inspired the wiring of the track
One is the only commercial seven minute single that Metallica have ever released anywhere in the world & also the 1st video they have made
“Landmine has taken my sightTaken my speechTaken my hearingTaken my armsTaken my legsTaken my soulLeft me with life in hell”
the enemy
The enemy within… The enemy out there
1951 → The day the earth stood still
1954 → Crature from the black lagon
1956 → forbidden planet
The thing
The Thing from Another World
The Thing, (1951
Christian Nyby Screenplay by H. Hawks & Ben Hecht
A pulp short story
1938
The World, the Flesh..
The World, the Flesh and the Devil, 1959→ Survival Film
Matte painting
film sets were painted manually
on large sheets of glass for integrating with the live-action footage (see Star Wars IV, Citizen Kane…)
Starring Harry Belafonte (born 1927), US singer & actor
Activism
Involvement in Civil Rights Movement
Song : Work all night on a drink of rum(Daylight come and we want go home)Stack banana ‘til the morning come(Daylight come and we want go home)
BlacKkKlansman
Harry Bellafontein BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee 2018
In the movies, we were servants.
We were second class citizens.
We were buffoons.
We were the brunt of and the object of everyone’s disdain and benevolence.
We seemed to have always been portrayed as a people without intellect, without purpose, without history, without dignity.
