Studies in Film, Media, and Visual Culture (305-0-20)

Topic

Russian Film: Tarkovsky

Instructors

Ilya Kutik
847/491-8248
1880 Campus Dr. (Kresge) Office 3363
Office Hours: Mondays 12-1pm; Wed 4-5pm

Meeting Info

University Library Forum Room: Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

Andrei Tarkovsky's Aesthetics and World Cinema- The course is dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky, the great Russian filmmaker. Students will watch all major films by Tarkovsky and also by the other world filmmakers who had an impact on him, such as Fellini, Pasolini, Kurosawa, Bergman, Bunuel, et al.

Learning Objectives

To make students familiar with the so-called poetic cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, the most important Russian film director after Sergei Eisenstein.Though Tarkovsky himself objected to the term "poetic cinema," students will be expected to address and analyze the metaphorical language and visual symbolism of his films, and to understand its meaning or place in contemporary art. At the end of the course, students should be able to locate Tarkovsky's work on the broader scale of world cinema, thereby establishing their own views of cinematic past and future, including constituent intellectual trends and even "dead-ends."

Class Materials (Required)

Students expect to watch all films (will be available on Canvas) at home. Weekly readings from A. Tarkovsky's book Sculpting in Time will be available in PDF and on Canvas.

Class Attributes

Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area

Associated Classes

DIS - Kresge Cent. Hall 2-380 Kaplan: Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM