The Theatricality of film: syllabus
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Jörg Dünne, Ludwig Maximilians Universität
I) Introduction - Theatre and film as dispositives
- Intermediality and the theatricality of film
II) Film History and Theatricality- Visual techniques in 19th century theatre
- Early film and the “Spectacular”
- Filmed theatre
- From filmed theatre to filmic theatricality: René Bazin
III) “The Rules of the Game”: Basic Concepts for analyzing the theatricality of film - SCREENING: Jean Renoir, The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu, F, 1939)
- Performance space, filmic space
- Theatrical and filmic “Mise en scène”
- Acting in theatre and in film
- Discussion of Renoir: Theatre beyond the stage
IV) Theatricality throughout Film History - SCREENING: Ernst Lubitsch, To be or not not be (USA, 1942)
- Discussion: Playing Hitler
- SCREENING: Federico Fellini, La strada (I, The Road, 1954)
- Discussion: Staging the “spectacular”
- SCREENING: Jacques Rivette, Paris is ours (F, Paris nous appartient, 1960)
- Discussion: Theatre and conspiracy
- SCREENING: Ingmar Bergman, Persona, (Swe, 1966)
- Discussion: Masks
- SCREENING: Pedro Almodóvar, All about my mother (Sp, Todo sobre mi madre, 1999)
- Discussion: Theatre and melodrama
- SCREENING: Lars von Trier, Dogville (Dk, 2003)
- Discussion: Abstract space and theatricality
V) Synopsis
- Final Discussion
- SCREENING: Lars von Trier, Dogville (Dk, 2003)
- Discussion: Abstract space and theatricality
V) Synopsis - Final Discussion
