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Cultureplex ciné-club 3

Course Dates: 29/09/24 - 08/12/24
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Location: Keeley Street
Tutors: 
Graham Rinaldi
Come and join us at the Cultureplex Ciné-Club, where once a week, for 10 weeks, we will watch and discuss film. Each film will be introduced, placed in both its cinematic, cultural and historic context. In sharing our viewing in City Lit’s premier screening room, the Cultureplex, we will approximate the experience of watching film in the cinema, one that is intense and fully focussed in a way that other modes of viewing often are not. After the screening we will devote the rest of the class to a collective exploration of the film, led by the tutor, but involving everyone in a participatory discussion that will allow all to express their responses, their views, their thoughts on the film screened.
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Cultureplex ciné-club 3
  • Course Code: HF385
  • Dates: 29/09/24 - 08/12/24
  • Time: 14:00 - 17:00
  • Taught: Sun, Daytime
  • Duration: 10 sessions (over 11 weeks)
  • Location: Keeley Street
  • Tutor: Graham Rinaldi

Course Code: HF385

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Sun, day, 29 Sep - 08 Dec '24
Sun, day, 29 Sep - 08 Dec '24 Sun, day, 19 Jan - 30 Mar '25 Sun, day, 04 May - 13 Jul '25

Duration: 10 sessions (over 11 weeks)

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What is the course about?

André Bazin’s ciné-club was set up by him not simply as an opportunity for the screening and discussion of films, but as a tool for education. Bazin was as much a passionate advocate for the transformatory effects of community learning as he was for the significance of cinema and the ciné-club represented an opportunity for him to promote both. In following Bazin, the Cultureplex Ciné-Club shares these same goals. This is a film studies course that foregrounds the importance and the value of the collective film viewing experience, but which also is concerned to ensure that the films screened are curated, introduced and discussed with the rigour associated with the study of film at City Lit.

Films to be screened:

Safety Last (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 1923 US, 73 mins)
Shoeshine (Vittorio De Sica 1946 Italy, 93 mins)
Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Cluzot 1955 France, 114 mins)
The Searchers (John Ford 1956 US, 119 mins)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman 1957 Sweden, 93 mins)
Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa 1961 Japan, 110 mins)
Get Carter (Mike Hodges 1971 UK, 112 mins)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1979 Germany, 120 mins)
The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen 1998 US, 117 mins)
Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer 2013 UK, 107 mins)

Please note that films screened are subject to availability and may change.

What will we cover?

• The history of film as expressed through individual, indicative films
• The historical development of film form
• The development of cinematic self-expression through the articulation of a distinct visual style
• Film spectatorship, understood in both personal, historical and theoretical terms.

What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...

• Subject a film to detailed critical analysis
• Demonstrate familiarity with the key technical terms necessary for critical film analysis
• Have a broad awareness of important moments in film history as expressed through individual indicative films
• Be familiar with a range of theoretical perspectives in film studies
• Feel confident in discussing films in a group setting.

What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?

The course is suitable for all levels and you do not require any particular skills - just an enthusiasm for film and discussing film. The course will provide an introduction to aspects of the film subject area, in part through the collective viewing of films, but it will also be useful for those wishing to build on existing film knowledge.

How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?

An introduction by the tutor, the screening of entire films, and large group discussions after the films have been shown. It might also be a good idea to see what you can find out about a given film in advance of the class but this is not essential.

Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?

You will require a pen and paper (or laptop/device) but the tutor will provide all other materials such as handouts.

When I've finished, what course can I do next?

You may wish to take other Cultureplex Ciné-Club courses on offer in Terms 2 and 3, but look also for other Film Studies courses under History Culture and Writing/Film Studies at www.citylit.ac.uk.

Graham Rinaldi

Graham Rinaldi is a freelance film lecturer and writer. He is the author of the biography on the British comic actor, Will Hay and he is currently researching his next book, the acting career of David Bowie.

Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.