This course will address a range of issues to do with the theme of controversy in cinema: controversial films, filmmakers and film topics; controversial film theories; and controversies regarding film financing and production.
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Film and Discussion
Week 1:
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The Moving Image and the Murmur of Existence: Cinema’s ‘Physical Reality’
Screening: Werner Herzog’s The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) 80 mins
Week 2:
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‘The Great Moldy Triumph’: Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures
Screening: Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures (1963) 42 mins
Week 3:
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Indonesia Calling and Australian Political Documentary
Screening: John Hughes’ Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia (2009) 90 mins
Week 5:
Hollywood’s Narrative Distortions
Screening: Clips from Blade Runner, The Dark City and other films
Week 6:
Brain Eraser: Sex, ‘Perversion’ and Ecstatic Annihilation
Screening: A number of rare clips and extracts.
also Week 7 - ** 29.3.2012 **
**Louise Sheedy, **University of Melbourne
Cinema ‘68: Counter-cultural aesthetics- the camera as weapon
Screening: Haskel Wexler’s Medium Cool (1968) 111 mins
