Russian Film (367-1-10)

Topic

Russian Film: Eisenstein

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: Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

This course offers a survey of the major films by Sergei Eisenstein and his contemporaries Yakov Protazanov, Lev Kuleshov, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Alexander Dovzhenko, Grigory Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg, Vasiliev "Brothers," and Dziga Vertov. The major focus of this course is the innovative system of film thinking invented by Eisenstein and known in the history of cinema as Russian/Soviet Montage. Nowadays, it is widely used by all national cinematographies, including Hollywood. One of the objectives of this course is to help students' understanding the ways of watching the silent and early sound films, which demand a good deal of our own intellectual participation. The goal of this course is to help the students to enrich themselves with the innovative cinematographic concepts and perspectives, start enjoying them, and to be able to trace their roots in contemporary filmmaking.

Class Materials (Required)

Students should expect to watch all films (will be available on Canvas) at home.

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area