The course of "Avant-garde and experimental cinema" is one of the activities in the free section of the DAMS BA, and is dedicated in particular to the “Cinema, television and new media” program.
The course focuses on the history of avant-garde and experimental cinema according to a multiplicity of perspectives concerning theoretical reflection, cultural context, stylistic forms, relations with other arts and other media, the role of counter-culture, the notion of post-cinema and the digital landscape. The aim is to provide knowledge and methodological tools that allow to measure themselves critically with the historical and theoretical forms of avant-garde and audiovisual experimentation.
The course focuses on the history of avant-garde and experimental cinema according to a multiplicity of perspectives concerning theoretical reflection, cultural context, stylistic forms, relations with other arts and other media, the role of counter-culture, the notion of post-cinema and the digital landscape. The aim is to provide knowledge and methodological tools that allow to measure themselves critically with the historical and theoretical forms of avant-garde and audiovisual experimentation.
teacher profile teaching materials
Giorgio Tinazzi (edited by), Il cinema francese attraverso i film, Carocci, Roma 2011 (pp. 9-113);
André Bazin, Jean Renoir, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2012 (pp. 7-72; 83-85; 87-89; 97-98; 112-130; 181-182; 201-202; 205-206: 209-210; 216-218); ebook edition 2018 : The sections to study are: l'Introduzione; la Presentazione di Truffaut; Il piccolo berretto di André Bazin; I primi film parlati (solo Boudu salvato dalle acque); Il tempo del Fronte popolare (solo i film Toni e La scampagnata); La guerra si avvicina (solo La regola del gioco); Renoir francese (nella sua interezza); Filmografia (solo i film di Renoir presenti in programma).
Giacomo Ravesi, L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934). Immagini del desiderio, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2016.
A selection of texts edited by the teacher, available at the beginning of the course at the photocopy shop “4 Appunti” of Via G. Chiabrera, n. 174.
For non-attending students: Denis Brotto, Jean Vigo. Opera completa, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2018.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Germaine Dulac: La coquille et le clergyman (1928).
Jean Vigo: À propos de Nice (A proposito di Nizza, 1930); Taris, roi de l’eau (Taris, o del nuoto, 1931); Zéro de conduite (Zero in condotta, 1933); L’Atalante (1934).
René Clair: Sous les toits de Paris (Sotto i tetti di Parigi, 1930); Quatorze Juillet (Per le vie di Parigi, 1933).
Jean Renoir: Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu salvato dalle acque, 1932); Toni (1935); Une partie de campagne (La scampagnata, 1936); La Règle du jeu (La regola del gioco, 1939).
Julien Duvivier: Pépé le Moko (Il bandito della Casbah, 1936).
Marcel Carné: Le Quai des brumes (Il porto delle nebbie, 1938); Le Jour se lève (Alba tragica, 1939).
Jean Grémillon: Remorques (Tempesta, 1941).
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons.
Programme
The course aims to propose an artistic path in French cinema of the 30s: tendencies, authors, and the most significant films. Between avant-garde and realism: the experience of Jean Vigo. Literature, cinema, society in Front Populaire's France. The label of "poetic realism". The major films by Clair, Renoir, Carné, Duvivier, Grémillon.Core Documentation
TEXTS:Giorgio Tinazzi (edited by), Il cinema francese attraverso i film, Carocci, Roma 2011 (pp. 9-113);
André Bazin, Jean Renoir, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2012 (pp. 7-72; 83-85; 87-89; 97-98; 112-130; 181-182; 201-202; 205-206: 209-210; 216-218); ebook edition 2018 : The sections to study are: l'Introduzione; la Presentazione di Truffaut; Il piccolo berretto di André Bazin; I primi film parlati (solo Boudu salvato dalle acque); Il tempo del Fronte popolare (solo i film Toni e La scampagnata); La guerra si avvicina (solo La regola del gioco); Renoir francese (nella sua interezza); Filmografia (solo i film di Renoir presenti in programma).
Giacomo Ravesi, L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934). Immagini del desiderio, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2016.
A selection of texts edited by the teacher, available at the beginning of the course at the photocopy shop “4 Appunti” of Via G. Chiabrera, n. 174.
For non-attending students: Denis Brotto, Jean Vigo. Opera completa, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2018.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Germaine Dulac: La coquille et le clergyman (1928).
Jean Vigo: À propos de Nice (A proposito di Nizza, 1930); Taris, roi de l’eau (Taris, o del nuoto, 1931); Zéro de conduite (Zero in condotta, 1933); L’Atalante (1934).
René Clair: Sous les toits de Paris (Sotto i tetti di Parigi, 1930); Quatorze Juillet (Per le vie di Parigi, 1933).
Jean Renoir: Boudu sauvé des eaux (Boudu salvato dalle acque, 1932); Toni (1935); Une partie de campagne (La scampagnata, 1936); La Règle du jeu (La regola del gioco, 1939).
Julien Duvivier: Pépé le Moko (Il bandito della Casbah, 1936).
Marcel Carné: Le Quai des brumes (Il porto delle nebbie, 1938); Le Jour se lève (Alba tragica, 1939).
Jean Grémillon: Remorques (Tempesta, 1941).
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons.
Attendance
Optional, but attendance is strongly recommended due to the poor availability of the audiovisual materials shown during the lessons.Type of evaluation
Written test with open questions.