RTF 321D Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ernst Lubitsch, Paul Cézanne, Ridley Scott
6 Nov 2018
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Excellent at depicting external, objective reality (physical action, spectacle) Poor at depicting internal, subjective reality (emotions, ideas, psychology) How can film depict internal states? (emotions, ideas, psychology) Attra(cid:272)ted europe"s top fil(cid:373) artists i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)s. Kra(cid:272)auer"s h(cid:455)pothesis: a (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s fil(cid:373)s re(cid:448)eal its (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter. Kra(cid:272)auer"s a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er: (cid:373)(cid:455)thologi(cid:272)al fil(cid:373)s re-established national pride, identity. Exs. paintings the scream (1893) and anxiety (1894) by edvard munch. Ex. film the cabinet of dr. caligari (1919) sc. Hans janowitz & carl mayer: erich pommer. Lighting, make-up, & costuming can also create distorted world. Dwarfs & overwhelms characters, minimizes & diminishes characters. Motif = repeated situation or image with special meaning. Lack of moral will, ex. the killer in m. Kra(cid:272)auer"s (cid:271)elief: i(cid:374)a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol self authoritarian impulse. Karl freund moved from d. p. of german films to hollywood films. Worked on dracula (1931), dr. jekyll & mr. hyde (1931), the mummy (1932) Peter lorre was ugarte the villain in german film m, then was in casablanca (1942)
