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Curso Los Grandes Musicales: All Singing!! All Dancing!! Curso Los grandes musicales: All singing!! All dancing!! Presentación Con la llegada del sonido, el género musical se convirtió en un medio para que el público pudiera disfrutar en las salas de cine de los bailes y las canciones que proporcionaron un escape a la cruda realidad de la depresión a final de los años 20. Muy pronto las producciones de Broadway encontraron el camino hasta California, donde los Estudios contrataron a compositores, coreógrafos, escenógrafos, diseñadores, bailarines, cantantes y directores que dieron una nueva estructura a un mundo que provenía del music hall y el vaudeville. Los años treinta y cuarenta vieron llegar al cine a talentosos artistas como Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rogers y Hart y los hermanos Gershwin, así como a coreógrafos como Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire y Gene Kelly. El objetivo del curso es revisitar los mejores momentos de este género, desde Top Hat, hasta La La Land que proporcionan un espectáculo visual y auditivo que integra elaboradas coreografías, con números que forman parte del imaginario popular como Cantando bajo la lluvia, el paisaje fantástico de El Mago de Oz, los jóvenes marginados en Amor sin barreras, el surgimiento del nacionalsocialismo en Cabaret o los amantes trágicos de los Paraguas de Cherburgo. Imparten: Dr. Ignacio Durán y Dr. Alejandro Pelayo Dr. Ignacio Durán Egresado de la Facultad de Derecho de la UNAM, con Maestría en Cinematografía en la London Film School entre 1970 y 1972. Director y Productor de programas de televisión en la BBC de Londres. Productor y Director de series de televisión para Canal 13, Canal 11, el Centro de Producción de Cortometraje y Cinedifusión SEP entre 1973 y 1977. Subdirector General del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes entre 1977 y 1982. Director General de la Unidad de Televisión Educativa y Cultural. Ministro de Asuntos Culturales en las Embajadas de México en Suecia, el Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos. Director del Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, 1 Vicepresidente de Asuntos Internacionales en TV Azteca. Director General del Instituto Cultural Mexicano en Washington D.C. Colaborador en la revista cultural de Radio Universidad, de la sección de cine entre 1973 y 1982. Maestro de cine de la Universidad Anáhuac. 2012. Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Essex, Reino Unido. Dr. Alejandro Pelayo Rangel Alejandro Pelayo, cineasta y profesor de historia del cine, ha realizado cuatro películas de largometraje: “La Víspera” (1982); “Días difíciles” (1987); “Morir en el golfo” (1989); y “Miroslava” (1992). Realizó la serie de 62 capítulos en video para la televisión cultural de México, sobre la historia del cine mexicano “Los que hicieron nuestro cine” (1983-85) y la continuación de esta serie “Los que hacen nuestro cine” que abarca una revisión del cine mexicano de 1980 al año 1999 en 75 programas de video. Además, realizó y produjo una serie de 26 programas sobre “Cine y literatura”. Ha sido profesor de cursos sobre cine mexicano e historia del cine universal. También, ofreció un curso sobre el cine de autor, concentrándose en la obra de Luis Buñuel para la escuela de extensión de la Universidad Iberoamericana y para la Universidad de Nuevo México. Actualmente, es el Director General de la Cineteca Nacional. Contenido Sesión 1 – 18 de septiembre SOMBRERO DE COPA (Top Hat, Dir. Mark Sandrich, 1935) De las cintas dirigidas por Mark Sandrich, Sombrero de copa es la más representativa de la pareja compuesta por Ginger Rogers y Fred Astaire que bailan impecablemente la elegante música de Irving Berlin en la inolvidable Cheek to Cheek. Con fragmentos de: El Cantante de Jazz (1927), Golddiggers (1933), Broadway Melody (1933), The Footlight Parade (1933), Flying Down to Rio (1933), 42 Street (1933), Swing Time (1936). Sesión 2 – 25 de septiembre EL MAGO DE OZ (The Wizard of Oz, Dir. Victor Fleming, 1939) Basada en la popular novela infantil de L. Frank Baum, esta adaptación de El maravilloso mago de Oz, se convirtió en uno de los mayores éxitos del género con Judy Garland, Roy Bolger, Bert Lahr y Jack Haley. 2 Filmada en Technicolor, muestra el viaje de una niña de Kansas al país de Oz, con números musicales excepcionales producidos por la MGM.Obtuvo dos Oscares. Con fragmentos de: Broadway Melody (1940), Begin the Beguine de Cole Porter con Fred Astaire y Eleanor Powell, The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway, Yankee Doodle Dandy, con James Cagney (1942), Meet me in St Louis, con Judy Garland (1944), On the Town, con Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin y Gene Kelly (1949) Sesión 3 - 02 de octubre CANTANDO BAJO LA LLUVIA (Singing in the rain, Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952) Considerado por muchos como la mejor película musical. Esta historia que tiene lugar en Hollywood durante la transición entre el cine mudo y el sonoro, es una feliz colaboración entre Gene Kelly y Stanley Donen con Debbie Reynolds y Donald O´Connor, con composiciones originales y canciones de muchos musicales de los años 20 y 30. Donald O´Connor obtuvo un Globo de Oro. Con fragmentos de: Un Americano en Paris, con Gene Kelly (1951), Siete novias para siete hermanos, con Howard Keel (1954), Los caballeros las prefieren rubias (1953) con Marilyn Monroe, Funny Face (1957) con Leslie Caron y Fred Astaire. Sesión 4 - 09 de octubre AMOR SIN BARRERAS (West Side Story, Dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, 1961) En esta afortunada versión de Romeo y Julieta de Shakespeare, ubicada en los años 50, con música de Leonard Bernstein, se relata la historia de amor de dos enamorados, entre la rivalidad de dos bandas un vecindario multiracial en el Upper West Side de Nueva York, con excepcionales coreografías de Jerome Robbins. Obtuvo 10 Oscares. Con fragmentos de: Mary Poppins con Julie Andrews y Dick Van Dyke 1964. Oliver!! con Mark Lester y Ron Moody (1968), Funny Girl con Barbra Streisand 1968. 3 Sesión 5 - 16 de octubre YEA, YEA, YEA, JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE Y RINGO (A Hard Day´s Night, Dir. Dick Lester, 1964) Esta cinta sigue durante dos días la agitada vida del conjunto de Liverpool mientras se preparan para un programa de televisión. Con una técnica heredada de la nueva Ola francesa y del nuevo cine británico, Dick Lester dirige con gran talento esta visión casi surrealista de los populares músicos en la Inglaterra de los 60. Con fragmentos de: HELLO DOLLY, con Barbra Streisand y Louis Armstrong (1969), Dulce caridad, con Shirley MacLaine, Violinista en el tejado (1971). Sesión 6 - 23 de octubre LOS PARAGUAS DE CHERBURGO (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Dir. Jacques Demy, 1964) En esta película, más cercana a una ópera que al musical tradicional, Catherine Deneuve interpreta a una joven cuyo amante es alejado por la guerra en Argelia. Con música de Michel Legrand y la inspirada dirección de Jaques Demy. Con fragmentos de: Las Señoritas de Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort), con Catherine Deneuve y Françoise Dorléac, de Jacques Demy, 1967, Piel de Asno (Peau d´ane) con Cathernine Deneuve y Jean Marais. Sesión 7 - 30 de octubre MI BELLA DAMA (My Fair Lady, Dir. George Cukor, 1964) Basada libremente en Pigmalion, de George Bernad Shaw, este musical tiene lugar en el Londres victoriano, con Audrey Hepburn como Eliza Doolittle, una bella vendedora de flores y Rex Harrison como el profesor en fonética, Henry Higgins, empeñado en cambiar el acento cockney de la joven. Dirigida por George Cukor. Ganó 8 Oscares. Con fragmentos de: Boogie Barcarolle con Fred Astaire y Rita Hayworth, Put the Blame on Mame con Rita Hayworth. Silk Stockings con Cyd Charisse, The Band Wagon, con Cyd Charisse y Fred Astaire. 4 Sesión 8 – 06 de noviembre LA NOVICIA REBELDE (The Sound of Music, Dir. Robert Wise, 1965) La historia de Maria Von Trapp fue tomada por Rodgers and Hammerstein para escribir un exitoso musical en Broadway, que después pasó a la pantalla con Julie Christie y Christopher Plummer bajo la dirección de Robert Wise. Los exteriores fueron filmados en Austria, donde ocurre la trama .Obtuvo 6 Oscares. Con fragmentos de: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory. Sesión 9 – 13 de noviembre CABARET. (Dir. Bob Fosse, 1972) En el Berlín de los años 20 con los personajes sospechosos de esos atribulados años, se construye esta notable cinta dirigida por el inspirado coreógrafo Bob Fosse, con Liza Minelli, en el papel de su carrera y Joel Grey, como el sardónico maestro de ceremonias del cabaret. Obtuvo 8 Oscares Con fragmentos de: Smooth Criminal,El Hombre de la Mancha con Peter O´Toole y Sophia Loren, Hair dirigida por Milos Foreman, Jesus Christ Superstar de Norman Jewison y Godspell dirigida por Davis Greene Sesión 10 – 20 de noviembre VASELINA (Grease, Dir. Randal Kleiser 1978) Basado en un musical de Broadway del mismo nombre, Vaselina narra un romance entre Sandy Olssen y Danny Zucco en Fildelfia, en una evocación de las películas juveniles de los años 50. Fue la cinta más taquillera después de La Novicia Rebelde. Con fragmentos de: Fiebre del sábado en la Noche, con John Travolta, All That Jazz, de Bob Fosse, con Roy Scheider y Jessica Lange. Pink Floyd The Wall. 5 Sesión 11 – 27 de noviembre CHICAGO (Dir. Rob Marshall, 2001). La obra original fue un éxito en Broadway en 1975. La acción se desarrolla en los bajos fondos de Chicago en los años 20, entre el music hall, la cárcel y la sala de juzgados. Con la participación de la actriz galesa Catherine Z Jones y la estadounidense Renee Zellweger y Richard Gere. Dirigida por Rob Marshall. Obtuvo 6 Oscares Con fragmentos de: Moulin Rouge (2001) Dirigida por Baz Luhrman con Nicole Kidman y Ewan Mc Gregor, Hair Spray (2007) con John Travolta y Amanda Brynes, Les Miserables (2012) con Jack Hughman y Anne Hathaway Sesión 12 – 11 de diciembre LA LA LAND (Dir.
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