Jude wu - Krzysztof Kieslowski

歷史四
Jude, 吳宗原

Film and Me

My name is Connie and I major in french. I've loved to which movie since I was little. Unfortunately, most of the movies I've watched is made by Hollywood. I didn't know much about european movies though I've watched several french and spanish movies which is played by my teachers. Therefore, I choose this course to expand my knowledge about european movies.

This picture is took at the shooting spot of Seedique Bale. After I've seen the movie, I would like to visit the man-made Wu-She villege in Lin-Kou. So I visited it with 3 of my classmate in the Teacher's Day. And this building is my favorite. It's called Sakura Hotel. It's surrounded by a lot of red pretty cherry blossom. And the building itself is also a beautiful japanese wood building.

Seedique Bale is a touching movie. I've been moved by it. And after I visited Wu-She villege, I feel that I have been closer to this movie. Also, I am amazed by the director. When I in this man-made village, I feel like I'm in the 30's in Wu-She. It's all because of the serious, careful and hardworking of the director.

Connie Yu-Joris Ivens

法文三

余玟萱 Connie, Wen Hsuan Yu

Jing-qi / Michelangelo Antonioni

Miya CHEN/Jean-Luc Godard

哲四愛 陳玠雯 / JEAN-LUC GODARD Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930 in Paris, France. His approach to film began in the field of criticism. When the influential critical magazine Cahiers du cinéma was founded in 1951, Godard, was one of the first writers. And in 1959, when Godard makes the first film, À bout de souffle 1960, this film distinctly expressed the French New Wave's style. And I Introduced with the other two films, Une femme est une femme, La Chinoise. Une femme est une femme in (1961), intended as a homage to the American musical. La Chinoise (1967) saw Godard at his most politically forthright so far.

Dolphin cheng/ Wim Wenders

哲四愛/Dolphin,鄭鈺諠

Alabama:2000 Light Years(1969)

Rolling Stones -2000 Light Years From Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drwM5jQvrpU

Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkok1Z4WJuY

Feeling of alienation and emptiness of Rolling Stones songs in manifest

When two thousand light-years away from home, very lonely

I got a book about Wim Wenders from library, which introduced many of his early films and also mentioned that he particularly likes rock music. It said background music has a high position
in his films, so I searched some of them on Youtube.

I also watched a part of "Wings of Desire"on the net, in addition to Albert, professors in our department recommended this movie to me.

I will talk about Yas ujiro Ozu and Wenders, because Ozu is his favorite director. In his film " Tokyo-Ga "( 1985) at the beginning he said "If in our century something sacred still existed…
if there were something like a sacred treasure of the cinema, then for me that would have to be the work of the Japanese director, Yasujiro Ozu",to sum up

he was inspired by Yasujiro Ozu.

Reference:
http://www.wim-wenders.com/
http://wimwendersinnccu.blogspot.com/

Pamela Pan/ Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar


    Pedro Almodóvar is a Spanish film director. He also is famous screenwriter and producer. His films' most prevalent themes are about desire, passion, family, identity, women, the people of the middle and lower classes, love and death. The stories of movies usually complex. Perdro Almodóvar likes to use pop culture, popular songs, humor, strong colors...

    For example, the famous movie is called "Volver" in 2006. "Volver" means "to return".  In "Volver", Almodóvar used a lot of strong colors as the background. In the movie, the actress, Penelope Cruz, sang a song, "Volver". The story was humor also. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBK5a968f8 

Kirsty Cheng/ Fritz Lang

新傳四 鄭穎暄 Kirsty Ying-Hsuan Cheng

The dossier of Fritz Lang

What i am going to introduce is an German film director: Fritz lang. He was born in 1890s, and he was a sciptwriter before he began his career as a director.

As he soon moved on to directing, he made many silent films with powerful visual design. Like a short horror tales "Der Müde Tod" in 1921 and a sci-fi film "Metropolis" in 1927 are some of his most influential silent films. "Metropolis" is set in the future in 2026, it's a big-budget film, costing over 5 million marks to produce and being the most expensive silent film.

Fritz Lang is famous for his dark films (both visually and in tone) and he was termed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Insititute and left remarkable works on the early film movement, "German Expressionism" (1920-1927).


Not only does he have great performance on silent films, his first talkie "M" in 1931, which is a crime thriller, also being considered as a epic. By 1936 he was in Hollywood, where he directed films for the next 20 years.

In my presentation, I will pick up some of his famous films and be mainly talking about his styles of directing them and what are they famous for, along with showing some clips for you. Of course I will let everybody know his biography and some trivia about him.

Moreover, I will point out some important terms in my presentation, like "German Expressionism", and briefly introduce them. Then, I will give a reflection on what I have learned from this presentation at the end.

Grace/ Lars von Trier

義文四 林枻均 Grace Yi-Chun, Lin
The director of the presentation- Lars Von Trier

A Hollywood Baby Transforming

Hello everyone, my name is Ya-Fan, Chen. My major is italian and Katia is my italian name. I like to watch films a lot, however I am a Hollywood baby for sure. It doesn't mean that I don't like to watch films except Hollywood's. It's because I don't know exactly where I can find the good ones for me to watch. I think it's the main reason I want to have this course. I want to learn what the real movie is!

Recently, I went to watch "One Day" with my friend. It's a romantic movie and I couldn't help myself crying in the theater because of its ending. I always like "happy ending" because I'm the kind of person that easily let my emotions into the story, into the characters. A sad ending would influence me a lot. I would be really upset and in a bad mmod for a few days. Somehow now I'm learning to deal with the depressed endings and trying to understand why it is what the producer and the director want.

In this course, I hope I can learn the european culture through the films. To know more knowledges and histories about the film in the world. I'm looking forward to it!!

Jing-qi, aka Michelle, You're the apple of my eye

Hello everybody! My name is Jing-qi Chang, my English name is Michelle, you can called me Jing-qi or Michelle. I major in italian. I really like to watch movies, because I think I can learn something from movies and another reason is that watch movies can relax myself.

The photo is me and the poster of the movie "You Are the Apple of My Eye". I really like this movie, because it can let me recall my life in senior high.

Actually My English is not good, so I think there will be a lot of mistakes in my introduction. This is my first time to do assignment with English, and I will do my best to overcome my fear to English.

Daisy Wu; korea--european; Persepolis

Hello everyone, my name is Yun Tien Wu. My english name is Daisy. I major in Journalism and Community studies. I'm sorry that I don't have any my profile picture about movie, so I just pick up a picture of mine that the background is similar to Europe, in order to fit the course. Actually, it was in Korea haha.

Many people likes to watch movies, but doesn't means they understand movies. I'm one of them. Under such deep influences from American movies. Our thoughts were mostly built by Hollywood and Disney. Even we have no idea which part from them. That's really a terrible thing. American movies although can bring people happy but kind of superficial, so I want to know European movies more through this class. Jumping out of the box of Hollywood babies' thoughts. Once I saw a movie called"Persepolis", I have crushed on the way it shows the script. I found out that European movies use more art skills in the movies. Besides, the meanings are much deeper. Watch European movies is a enjoyment , both eyes and thoughts. I hope can know more European films and culture in Europe from this course.

Jude, The Constant Gardener

Hello everyone, I'm Zhong-Yuang Wu and my english name is Jude. I major in history. It's my first assignment in englisgh in college, so there must be lots of mistakes, I hope you don't mind. :S

I'm sorry that I didn't have any photo with film which I saw, and therefore I took this photo with the poster－"The Constant Gardener", which was deeply significant for me. Some years ago we met in a theatre. The main reason that I went to was Rechel Weisz. I didn't expect this moive would make any difference to me before I got in, but somehow, it totally turned me around.

For past few years, I've been trying to see some European films, like "Katyn", "Troubled Water", "Welcome"...etc, which were really impressive achievements. I'm gald that I chose this class and great to see you. I would like to know more European flims and directors through this class. Thanks. :)

Kirsty Cheng; journalist fond of filmmaking



Sorry...I dont have any pictures that are doing with films.. I hope this photo that I was holding a camera is more or less related..



Hey everyone, I'm Kirsty Ying Hsuan Cheng.

I major in Journalism, and I have taken few classes about film production during the past three years in college. I found myself really interested in filmmaking, and would like to study for a MFA degree in film or work in a movie studio.Since that, I want to understand much more about what's behind a film, and not just to watch it.

First step for me is to watch as many films as possible, so that's why I chose this class to enhance my knowledge about films, especially for European films that I seldom see before. I have seen Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" few years ago, and I love this kind of film which reflects real life and gives us profound implications that make us wondering what our life have been about.

I also saw some young directors' films, like "I killed my mother" by a French director Xavier Dolan. I appreciate these European directors a lot, and feel like I know very little about European films. So, I am very excited to know more directors and films from Europe by taking this class.

Betty; Cars, Swiss

Hello everyone~
My name is Yun-Chih Hsieh(謝昀芷) and my English name is Betty.I major in law and I like to experience something to add my eyesight. I think watching movies is a great way to take the more information.

This picture is the advertisment of the movie Cars and me,it was taken at a beautiful street in Swiss.I love cartoon and animation:) I think it can arouse my imagination and relax my soul haha.

Great to see you and may we all have good time!!

Heidi Hao, mandarin comedy

Hello everyone, my Chinese name is Chia Hsin Hao and English name is Heidi. My major is Journalism and unfortunately, this is my final year of the school. I didn't take any photo with film tickets, therefore i uploaded this model card, which was the film i watched recently, to share my opinion about it.

Since "You Are the Apple of my Eye" is a hit, a friend of mine and I went to watch the film and indeed it was hilarious; however, to me, it was just a comedy. A comedy which was built by an exaggeration of stupid stuff teenagers have done in high school. A comedy which prettified the director himself and the whole story that was supposed to touch each one of us, but somehow I wasn't. Although I won't give this film an A, I still learned something from it: Live in the moment and grab any opportunity I have to hang out with the boys I like. After all, I don't have much time to waste now.:)

Sorry... Albert

Hello, I am Pamela. I want to tell everybody that I am sorry I will be late because I need to select and drop  some classes.

Western film culture into China

Lumiere's early cinema (1895)
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*social representation/ culture of the ordinary/ entertainment/ commercialism/ marketability

Thomas Edison (1984-86)
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*techonological innovation/ pay per view/ exotic/ performance

Geroges Milies (1902)
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* A trip to the Moon/ dramatic comedy/ cinematic imagination

Shadow Magic (2000)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=692AE9CFD94D3C87
* Western marvels into China/ remake, re-adapted

peeping hole + entertainer in BJ
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* Western marvels into China

Yuk-ching; journalist, Jump Ashin.

My name is Yuk-Ching Hsieh, I major in Journalism and Communication Studies. I like to watch movies very much. I watch movies very often and I like to share it with my friends afterwards.
The pictures was taken at the first showing meeting of "Jump Ashin!" She got the movie ticket because of her intern position in a magazine publisher. We like the movie a lot. The story is quite inspiring. It tells us never give up even there's much difficulties in your life.
I take this course because I want to see more different kinds of movies unlike Hollywood's. I want to learn ways to appreciate not only a film's storyline but also observe the meaning behind the films that directors want to transfer.

Caron; journalist, toastmaster, model united nation

My name is Tsai, Pei-Ying and my English name is called Caron, which is parallel to ‘’Love♥’’ I major in Journalism and become a junior of Fu Jen Catholic University this semester. During the previous years, I joined the two clubs which were Toastmaster and Model United Nation. Then, I took accountable for being an educated vice president and public relationship respectively afterwards. By the means of joining clubs, I met different kinds of people and knew how to befriend them. I also learned the skill of how to negotiate and discussed the world issues with others in English. The experience is valuable to me and it can’t be replaced.

Besides, I am in fond of watching movies in my leisure time. Jotting down the reflection and sharing them with my friends afterwards is extremely great. Due to this fact, I want to know more deep information of European Film through this class. It must be a impressive course that I look forward to.

Ann; Cape No. 7

My name is Ann. I major in Journalism. I like to watch movies, read novels and comic books. I love all kinds of books and films. I am a member in vollyball club. 

This picture is after I saw Make Up(命運化妝師),my friends and I attended the After Screening Discussion. This guy is 連奕琦,the director of the Make Up. He was the assistant director of the Cape No.7(海角七號).

I want to learn something about european film and cultures, just like the topic. I choose this class because I thought it is worthy, so I hope I can worth the price

Cowens; Despicable Me

My name is Cowens. I major in journalism, but I don't join in any club in school.


The picture is me and a dramatic personage in Despicable Me(神偷奶爸).


The fact was I did't see the movie.The reason why I was taken a picture with the role was my classmates thought I looked like the role.


The last thing what I want to talk to teacher is my english is poor,I wish I can understand what is teacher say.

Dolphin, Audrey Tautou

My name is Dolphin,I like watching movies, no limit to the type of film, but I’m not really the professionals, like directors and the special effects of them, not to mention that I didn’t know the film's background. The most important thing is I am afraid of horror movies.

But recently I like to pay more attention on the main plot and the talks between the roles, or the films’ soundtracks, some amazing music just let me feel touched, it suits what the story about so hard! I used to collect a lot of OST, and sometimes I like the soundtracks more than the film itself.

Audrey Tautou is my favorite actress, she played < Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain>(艾蜜莉的異想世界) is my favorite movie. Because of the film, I want to go to Paris, hoping to visit the scenes of the movie in person, like Cafe des 2 Moulins or Basilique du Sacré-Cœur.

Miya, french minor, Neil Gaiman

My name is Miya. I am a senior student and I major in philosophy. I also minor in the Department of French in FJU Catholic University because I am very interested in different kinds of cultures, especially French culture. I like to read novels, surf the Internet and watch movies. I like all types of films.

I took this photo at home. The book in my hands was called“Coraline”. Coraline inspired the new 3-D stop-motion animated picture. It had some magical elements. I love this story, because it is wonder and touching. The author of the book, NEIL Gaiman, is New York Times bestselling author. This tale was description of an adventurous girl, Coraline. When she moved to an old house, she felt bored and neglected by her parents. Coraline found there was a special door in the house. Then, she discovered that there’s also another world in it. She had an exciting adventure, and in the end, she realized that her parents love her.

Grace, aborgine-exploring

My name is Grace. I major in italian language and I am also a member in a school club which is about the aborigine.
This week I went to watch the movie Seediq balei, to speak honestly this movie doesn't responde to my expectation. But in fact it makes me curiously to google the history event, in some part it succeed.
I wish that I can learn a lot during this course .

Joris Ivens on Four Million People

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history of Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxu6o0Nnjhg

Antonioni's Cina V.S. Mask Changing

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Director: Pan Jun 52 minutes
Synopsis: People have already forgotten the political storm which arose from the documentary, "China" produced by the film master Michelangelo Antonioni in 1972. Today, when we pursue the tracks in China that the film master had visited 30 years ago, we cannot restrain the temptation to ask a series of questions.
If he was still alive Antonioni would marvel at China's rapid and mystical change. In "Mask Changing" China's appearance flows back and forward between the frame of Antonioni's documentary and the current one…history and presence contrast each other between the contemporary and the past scenes.
Furthermore, the people and the street incidents he captured in Tiananmen, Wangfujing, the town god's temple, the cotton manufactory and "the Red Flag ditch" are unchanged but have experienced more than '''change''. It is not only the modification on the facial expression, environments and materials but most importantly their evolutionary their vision and perceptions. The "Mask Changing" is a drama demonstrating decisively how China and her people have learned to confront the world.

第六屆歐洲魅影由歐盟駐台官方單位－歐洲經貿辦事處及臺灣歐洲聯盟中心與上苑文化藝術共同主辦，每年邀請歐盟各會員國駐臺單位響應支持，透過歐盟各國推薦之熱門影片，打破「歐洲電影＝藝術片」的迷思，吸引許多熱愛電影的觀眾持續參與。

5年前，歐洲經貿辦事處與上苑文化藝術在台北舉辦了「Windows on Europe影展」，當時有將近1,900位觀眾熱情參與，因此我們決定將此影展活動推廣成為每年舉辦的盛事。透過歐盟各國推薦之熱門影片，讓一般民眾透過電影更認識歐陸人文之美。

已邁入第六屆的歐洲魅影，今年有幾項新舉，首先是新的夥伴－臺灣歐洲聯盟中心加入，今年結合臺灣歐盟中心所舉辦的「歐盟創意短片競賽」，鼓勵臺灣學生發揮創意，也提高臺灣民眾對於歐盟的認識，同時獲選前三名的得獎影片，也將於歐洲魅影巡迴各場次放映，鼓勵臺灣的優秀創作。此外，本屆的歐洲魅影更打破歷年紀錄，為往年以來參展國家與片數最多的一次，共有14個歐盟國家：奧地利、比利時、捷克、法國、德國、匈牙利、義大利、斯洛伐克、西班牙、波蘭、英國、盧森堡、丹麥、芬蘭；18部影片參展。放映地點從北、中、南，延伸至東部地區的花蓮與臺東等，全臺灣25所大專院校及藝文場所巡迴放映。希望透過本影展，除了讓一般民眾更認識歐盟，也讓臺灣學子有更多機會接觸來自歐洲優秀的電影作品，激發對於歐洲文化、教育、生活及旅遊的嚮往。

sample post & albert's introduction

sample post

Albert Tang, right, stands with mainland China film director Xie Jin, in Beijing University Campus in Bejing, China, in 2005.  Director Xie, then the most prominent and heavyweight Chinese filmmaker, was one of the Keynote speakers in the significant international  conference commemorating the 100-year birth of Chinese cinemas.  Albert Tang was the only Taiwanese invited film scholar in the Beijing-Shanghai event.

Albert Tang, associate professor in mass communication, has been teaching English, film and Cultural Studies at Fu Jen Catholic University since 1993.

Albert Wei-min Tang, Ph.D.

Albert, Archaelogical Museum, Oxford, UK, July 4, 2011

Dr. Albert Tang has wide range of teaching experiences.  Currently he is Associate Professor in media, communication and cultural studies at Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. He also lectures in MBA program, Museum Studies master program, European Language and Cultural Studies credit program, international master program in Taiwan Studies. He has been teaching inter-cultural communication, Chinese cinemas, media and cultural Studies, Taiwan Studies, media English for nearly two decades. Among his 8 books, he writes about videology, critical media studies, mass media research methodology, media convergence, post-modernist culture. He also edits and translates the first Chinese book of British Cultural Studies, and an anthology dedicated to Stuart Hall. He has been awarded Excellent Teaching Award, Excellent Creative Teaching Award, and FJU Research Award.

Dr. Tang also works as senior specialist for film festival curating and editor-in-chief for Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee both in 1990 and 1996. He helps coordinating several special events in awarding ceremony, film competition, delegation reception, and is in charge of cross-strait communication. He’s also been on the jury panels for documentary filmmaking for Golden Deer Award, the Broadcasting Fund, Hakka Television, and Golden Bud Award. He has be chief-coordinator for Your English Corner at Fu Jen and has been co-producer for 80-anniversial radio-documentary “Penalty of Piety: Benectine Beginning of Fu Jen Catholic University at Beijing.”

Dr. Tang has shouldered several administrative positions, both in school administration and higher education in Taiwan. He has been Chair of Department of Mass Communication, Section Chief of Curriculum Affair at Bureau of Academic Affairs, Director of Academic Exchange Center, Deputy-Director of EU Center at FJU, Chair of Preparatory Office at International College, and Deputy-Secretary-General of Taiwan Secretariat of University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific. He has attended and given special presentations in NAFSA, EAIE, APAIE, FICHET, JAFSA, QSApple, ETHEC and Taiwan Forum. Dr. Tang has presented, invited as keynote speaker and/or discussant for NATSA, EATS, SOAS summer school and other Taiwan Studies-related forum. He’s founding Secretary-General for Cultural Studies Association, Taiwan, and on the board of other academic associations.

     Dr. Tang has traveled to many countries and cities, mostly for business in higher education or academic purposes. They are Los Angeles, Texas, New York, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Memphis, Kansas, St.Louis (USA), Toronto, Montreal, Vancouvre (Canada), London, Durham, Oxford, Bath, Bradford, Stratford-on-Avon, Bedford (UK), Paris, Nantes, Lille (France), Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hague, Leiden (Nethersland), Luxumberg (Luxumberg), Brussels, Liege (Belgium), Dublin (Ireland), Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn, Frankfurt, Jena, Stuttgart, Tuebingen, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Munich (Deutschland), Vienna, Salzburg, Linz (Osterreich), Brno, Prague (Czech) , Ljubljana (Slovenia), Rome, Florence, Pisa (Italy), Athens (Greek), Amen (Jordan), Bahrain, Bangkok (Thailand), Ho Chi Min City, Hanoi, Da Nang (Vietnam), Jakarta, Jonjakarta (Indonesia), Manila (Philippines),  Tokyo, Kawasagi (Japan),  Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru (Malaysia), Sydney, Brisbane (Australia), Beijing, Shanghai, Guanchou, Tienqing, Xian, Chongqing, Chendu, Xichan, Chende, Hanchou, Soochow, Zhanqiang (China).

Syllabus and student list

European Cinema and Cultural Studies

歐盟電影文化思潮

Albert Wei-min Tang, Ph.D. (唐維敏) 

Associate Professor in film, media and Cultural Studies

csalbert@mails.fju.edu.tw

ES318, ext: 2814

Venue: ES 108

Time: Monday D7-D8

Class blog: http://europefilmcs.blogspot.com

     A.     Goal
    Aiming at combining film policy, film production, film textualization, and film consumption, together with EU festival screening activities, the course will benefit students from attaining more visual experiences and reflexive energy in film analysis, film museum, and creative industries, in order to critically examine image culture in EU-affiliated areas and carefully reflect how Taiwan/Chinese cinema has been received in the mind of the Europeans.

This inter-disciplinary and EU-centered course in film studies will benefit devoted students from multiple academic dimensions, such as EU Film Policy and EU film production as social integration, early film production and texts, New waves and cultural movements, and globalization of major international festivals.

Combining with the annual European Film Festival normally held around December, the course will bridge film screening, film festival, and film cultural discourse, with contemporary film texts carefully selected for audience in Taiwan. The course will also discuss how different screen marketplaces regard Taiwanese film in the past, for the time being, and in the future.

Students can expect more in-depth understanding of European cultural heritage and social integration from film appreciation, film discussion, and film cultural studies which feature inter-nationalistic sentimentalism, identity politics, urbanity landscape, critical cultural policy, and creative industries.

B. Requirement

EUFCS will mainly be conducted in classes and on-line. There will be well-structured screening activities, seminar discussion, lectures, text blogging, video demonstration and other artistic synergetic events. Students will be expected to participate in all relevant activities designed and hosted by the lectures. They will:
    1. Conduct active blogging on-line and hopefully post their contribution on a regular basis. Since students are from diversified backgrounds, they will introduce not just themselves, but also their academic interests on film and culture. They will be guided to present their knowledge on European cinema in a accessible way.
    2. Students will have chances to be familiar with film-related cultural discourse and academic training. Although EUFCS doesn’t require any written exams or quizzes, students will be required to work on a research project (10 page ppt file) on a European director, and compile their notes into a short essay toward the end of the semester.
    3. To better experience the cine-cultural performance, students will be asked to do more fact finding and visual performance related to videomaking. They will make a short video presentation on a European director, and another one on a European city projected on the big screen.
    4. To further promote interaction and vivid discussion among students and with other students, EUFCS will encourage students to visually design their film knowledge with fantastic posters on the city-film or/and the cinematic cities.
    5. EUFCS requires regular class attendance. Students will not be waived from any non-excused absence. Any emergency leading to the absence will have to be posted on the blog.

C. Grading
1.  Academic involvement (blog) 15%
2.  Visual passion (film) 15%
3.  Cinematic dedication (discourse) director dossier 40%
4.  Regular punctuality (all classes) 10%
5.  Project creativity (posters)  20%


 

D.Schedule
Sept 13   Syllabus, course preparation, blogging, grouping
Sept 20   film genre/ key European filmmakers
Sept 27   Early Cinema (Lumiere, Edison, Melies); Lumiere at company; Vertov
Oct  4     Methods film analysis, Kulturindustrie, Cultural Studies,

Political Economy, Postmodernism, postcolonialism

Oct 11    Chacun son cinema (To Each his own cinema),

Cahier du Cinema, new waves/ Taiwan

Oct 18    screening Metropolis
Oct 25    screening Antonioni
                *director assignment due ppt 10 pages handed in
               page 1: topic,  identity;

p2: abstract, keywords;

p3 outline; 

p4: establishing shots and works;

p5-p8: critical issues;

p9: reflection and question;

p10: ending: depicting Europeanism
Nov 1     Paris J'taime;
Nov 8      Berlin: Symphony of a metropolis
Nov 15    cinema Europe
Nov 22    cinema Europe
Nov 29    cinema Europe
Dec 6      directors' dossier presentation     
Dec 13    directors' dossier presentation
Dec 20    directors' dossier presentation/ film museology?
Dec 27    tintin
Jan 3       tintin as inter-European imagology, cross-cultural icon, and boundary-crossing cultural

     production, tintin museum,
Jan 10     revised ppt sent to Albert's office  (two ppt, one on director, synchronous sound screening;  the other on European visuals)

Major topics (examples)
1. European influence: Michaelanglo Antonioni, Joris Ivens
2. European Influence: Early Cinema  (Liumere, Electronic Shadow; Dutch Film Academy)
3. European influence: film festival and New Waves (Berlin, Venice, Cannes; HK, TW, CN)
4. European influence: cahier du cinema, (Yang + Ying) BFI, Manheim
5. European influence: cultural discourses (CS, creative industries, cultural policy)
6. Movieum (London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin)
7. Cinematic cities, urban films (London, Paris, Berlin, Taipei)
8. inter-filmic-textuality: Beckett, Dickens, Shakespeare, Mozart
9. Chinoisie on European: Kulturrevolution Chinoisie
10. imaging Europe, imagining Europe

Director portray
The following directors and/or film movements will be listed as key filmmakers for our discussion. We will sometimes touch upon other names if necessary. Albert will provide background information, handouts, and useful video clips (online or from Albert’s collection).

Pedro Almodovar
Mechelangelo Antonioni
Luis Brunel
Charles Chaplin
Federico Fellini
Jean-luc Godard
Werner Herzog
Joris Ivens
Fritz Lang
Leni Riefenstahl
Francois Trufaut
Lars von Trier
Wim Wenders
Alain Renais
Krzysztol Kieslowski
John Grierson
Humphrey Jenning
Free Cinema Movement
Dogma 95
cinema verite

Genre

action-adventure
animation
avant-garde
comedy
costume drama
cult
disaster
documentary
epics
film noir
gangster
horror
martial arts
melodrama
musicals
Propaganda
science fiction
fantasy
serials
teen
thrillers
underground
war
westerns

Student list

歷史四      597020147 吳宗原
大傳學程三甲 598091351 潘斯云
哲學四愛    497031290 陳玠雯
哲學四愛    497031355 鄭鈺諠
新傳四      497120156 謝鈺清
新傳四      497120209 陳怡安
新傳四      497120247 郝家欣
新傳四      497120338 吳韻恬
新傳四      497120417 鄭穎暄
英文四      497200554 黃瓊緻
義文四      497250016 陳雅
義文四      497250212 林枻均
經濟三甲    497651600 徐維呈
影傳三      498110225 李悅慈
新傳三      498120244 陳俊文
新傳三      498120438 蔡佩穎
法文三      498220240 余玟萱
西文二      499130612 蔡佳諭
義文二      499150208 張靜琦