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California State University, Sacramento Italian 104 a INTRODUCTION to ITALIAN CINEMA I SPRING 2013 1 California State University, Sacramento Italian 104 A INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN CINEMA I SPRING 2013 Course Hours: Tuesdays 5:30-8:20 Course Location: Mariposa 2005 Course Instructor: Professor Barbara Carle Office Location: Mariposa Hall 2015 Office Hours: Thursday 2-3, 4:30-6:30 and by appointment (every other Wednesday) This on line syllabus will contain assignments and modifications as we progress. Texts and Materials: History of Italian Cinema 1905-2003, Author: Brunetta, Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2011, Price: 28.75 USD (ISBN 9780691119892) Alternate text: Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present by Peter Bondanella (ISBN 0-8264-1247-5) ***For Italian Minors: Italian Through Film The Classics, Antonello Borra and Cristina Pausini, (Yale University Press) ISBN 0-300-10952-0 Professor Barbara Carle's Web Page: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/c/carleb/ Assignments, Web Resources and Links COURSE GOALS and METHODS: To develop a critical understanding of Italian film, a knowledge of Italian film history and film techniques and an aesthetic appreciation for cinema. To learn about Italian civilization (politics, art, theatre and customs) through cinema. Guiding questionnaires will also be distributed on a regular basis to help students achieve these goals. All questionnaires will be graded. Weekly discussions will help students appreciate connections between cinema and art and literary movements, between Italian cinema and American film, as well as to deal with questionnaires. You are required to view the films in the best possible conditions, i.e. on a large screen in class. Viewing may be enjoyable but is not meant to be exclusively entertaining. You are trying to learn how to view cinema critically and aesthetically. The films will also be stimulating, challenging, thought provoking, etc. Some may even be considered “events .” Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 2 Extra Credit Option: View ONE of the following films: *Sacco e Vanzetti by Giuliano Montaldo, Una giornata particolare by Ettore Scola, Malena by Giuseppe Tornatore, L’isola by Costanza Quatriglio, *Respiro by Emanuele Crialese or Fiorella Infascelli's Zuppa di pesce. Some of these films are available in the university media library and may be viewed in the Media Center. Watch these films and answer guiding questions B. 100 extra credit points possible. * I may offer special viewings of these two films in particular. Contact me if you are interested in seeing them. ***Attendance Policy: Regular attendance is essential to succeed in this class. No absences allowed without a valid written medical excuse. More than one unexcused absence WILL lower your final grade. You will be responsible for viewing the film missed on your own. If you are late more than three times this will count as one absence.** If you fall asleep in class or are texting you will be asked to leave. This will count as an absence. Critically viewing the film on a large screen with the guiding questions in hand is essential to succeed in this course. Drinks are allowed but no eating in class. *REQUIREMENTS: 1) Your grades will be based on your attendance, participation, readings, and questionnaires. 2) Please be punctual and remain in class during the entire class period. Critical viewing of each film on the large screen of the classroom is an essential component of the course. You are expected to take notes during each film and concentrate on seeing as much as possible. You are not supposed to view passively. 3) No Cell phones allowed in class. No food or drink. Please turn off cell phones for entire class period. 4) Allow 24 up to 48 hours for replies for e-mail queries. Expect written work to be corrected within one week, or sooner. Keep a portfolio of all written work. This will be shown to me at the end of the semester. 5) No late work will be accepted after May 14, 2013 unless proper medical documentation is offered. 6) ITALIAN MINORS must complete written work in Italian from Italian Through Film. Please see me for guidance. You are expected to meet with me once every other week to discuss Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 3 films in Italian and for help with writing film reviews in italiano. CSUS POLICY REGARDING ACADEMIC HONESTY: Students are responsible for: 1. Understanding the rules that preserve academic honesty and abiding by them at all times. This includes learning and following particular rules associated by specific classes, exams, and course assignments. Ignorance of these rules is not a defense to a charge of academic dishonesty. 2. Understanding what cheating and plagiarism are and taking steps to avoid them. Students are expected to do this whether working individually or as part of a group. 3. Not taking credit for academic work not their own. 4. Not knowingly encouraging or making possible cheating or plagiarism by others. GRADING: 30% Regular attendance 20% Participation in class and group discussions, readings 50 % Written work (questionnaires) Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 4 Course Schedule (subject to modification depending on the pace and needs of the class) For each film a questionnaire will be available online. You are expected to download and print each questionnaire. You should bring it to the film viewing. It is due the following Tuesday after you have seen the film. These questionnaires will be graded and must be typed! Missing questionnaires will be added as the course progresses. -Week 1 January 29-30 The background of Italian Cinema, The first Golden era of silent film Films not shown in this course by directors such as Ettore Scola, Costanza Quatriglio, Sergio Leone, Matteo Garrone, ecc. Introduction to Neorealism Historical Theme World War II in Rome September 1943-May 1944 German Occupation Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Introduction, pp 1-14 Alternate Reading: Peter Bondanella, Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present: 1-31/31- 73 (Neo-realism) Rome Open City (Roma città aperta) by Roberto Rossellini 1945 105 minutes Reading: Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Chapter 3, From Neorealism to La dolce vita, 108-166 Reading: Bondanella: 37-43 -Week 2 February 5-7 A Classic of Neorealism or a Poetry of Despair? Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) by Vittorio De Sica 1948 89 minutes Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 5 Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Chapter 3, and page 135 in particular Alternate Reading: Bondanella 56-62 -Week 3 February 12-14 A Neorealist fairy tale Vittorio De Sica, Miracolo a Milano, 1950 100 minutes -Week 4 February 19-21 Beyond the confines of Neorealism, mixed genres American Influences, Criticism of Hollywood Leftist Perspectives Bitter Rice (Riso amaro) by Giuseppe De Santis 1949 108 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, pp 139-140 -Week 5 February 26-28 The break with Neorealism or Magical neo-realism La strada by Federico Fellini 1954 107 minutes Reading: Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, pp 152-156 Alternate Reading: Bondanella: 130-135 -Week 6 March 5-7 Commedia all'italiana, Comedy Italian style Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 6 Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti) by Mario Monicelli 1958 105 minutes (Parody of the French film Rififi, 1955 by Jules Dassin) Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, 179-193 Alternate Reading: Bondanella: 143-146 -Week 7 March 12-14 Magical Realism, Autobiography, Social Satire, Pure Fellini? Amarcord Federico Fellini, 1973 123 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema -Week 8 March 19-21 The Epic Grandeur of Visconti and the Italian Unification Luchino Visconti, Il gattopardo, 1963 161 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Chapter 4, in particular, pp 212-215 -Week 9 March 25-31 SPRING BREAK -Week 10 April 2-4 Poetry of Images The Cinema of Michelangelo Antonioni, La notte, 1961 122 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Chapter 4, in particular, 233-234 -Week 11 April 9-11 Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 7 Between Neorealism, Magical Realism and the New Wave Another Masterpiece of World Cinema La dolce vita, Federico Fellini, 1960 174 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Chapter 4 -Week 12 April 16-18 Comedy, Satire, Grotesque Farce: The political cinema of Lina Wertmuller The Seduction of Mimi (Mimì metallurgirco ferito nell'onore), 1972 89 minutes -Week 13 April 23-25 Comedy, Satire, Farce, and Poetry: The Political Allegories of Pier Paolo Pasolini Hawks and Sparrows (Uccellacci ed uccellini) by Pier Paolo Pasolini 1964 88 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, pp 238-240 Alternate Reading: Bondanella: 184-188 -Week 14 April 30-May 2 The Heritage of Neorealism, an Epic Immigration: Luchino Visconti’s Rocco e i suoi fratelli, 1960 177 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, Chapter 4 The Heritage of Neorealism and of Federico Fellini in Recent and Current Italian Cinema -Week 15 May 7-9 Lamerica, Gianni Amelio, 1994 Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 8 116 minutes Gian Piero Brunetta, The History of Italian Cinema, pp 282-283 -Week 16 May 14-16 Nuovomondo, Emanuele Crialese, 2006 118 minutes Macintosh HD:Users:carleb:Desktop:cinema italiano:Intro Ital Cine I 2013rev7b.doc 2/24/13 9 ****************************************************************** Questionnaires A.
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