HUMA 3985 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Art Film, Narrative Structure, Toni Erdmann
12 May 2020
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Lecture 6: approaches to realism and genre ii. The main weakness of german cinema, in my eyes, is that separation between the mainstream and the arthouse scene (valeska grisebach, 2018) There is a traditional divide between cinema as art and film as commercial mainstream product. Went to film academy vienna films: sehnsucht ( longing ) (2006), and western (2017) Interest in western: valeska always loved the masculine, lonely type of hero looking for freedom present in western movies, since she was a child. German western films: winnetou (1963) [west german], and apachen (1973) [east germany] Contemporary westerns: spur der steine (1966) [east germany] Civilization vs wilderness is reflected in hero"s ambivalence, loner, and potential for violence. Rituals of winning the west, conquest, asserting control, law, outlaw (lawlessness in the service of the law) Western genre elements (plot, characters, iconography) were reused, adapted, and turned on its head.
