60-371 Breathless: International New Wave Cinemas

9 units, Carnegie Mellon University

What does JeanLuc Godards Breathless [About de souffle 1959 have in common with Wong KarWais In the Mood for Love [Fa yeung nin wa 2000 What does Satyajit Rays Pather Panchali 1955 share with Mark LaPores The Glass System 2000 By examining an array of films from the classic days of International New Wave Cinemas, beginning with French Nouvelle Vague, Indian Parallel Cinema, as well as German, Italian and Japanese innovations and moving to contemporary and experimental film movements in Iran, Korea, Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, and the US, we will explore the ways a handful of young directors found novel ways to fund and shoot their movies in direct defiance of commercial, narrative, and cultural norms. By focusing on miseenscene over thematics, onsite locations over studios, lesserknown actors over boxoffice idols, and small production teams over professional crews, these directors were able to turn lofi aesthetics and financial shortcomings into a radical new filmic style. Especially central here will be how forms of cinematic experimentation translated internationallyand how these approaches continue to challenge hegemonic forms of media culture.

Prerequisites: none listed

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