Last updated: November 19, 2009
CITIZEN KANE RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 8PM, WHITE HALL 205
Film Studies Alum featured on Emory's YouTube page--click HERE to view
Prof. Bernstein talks about The People vs Leo Frank--click HERE to view
Emory Film Professor Hosts Cinema Club--click HERE to view
Molly Haskell Talks at Emory--click HERE for more info
Calendar (please scroll down for further information):
Please watch this page. We'll add information pertaining to our
events for the Fall 2009 semester and the 2009/2010 school year as it becomes available.
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Index (click on the title to take you to more information):
Sept. 15--American Violet
Sept. 24--Fanfaren der Liebe
Oct. 6--Ethics at the Movies: Frozen River
Oct. 12-Nov. 9, 2009--American Film Classics 101: Changing the Way You Watch
Oct. 2-Dec. 12--Emory Cinematheque Fall 2009 Film Series
Oct. 23--Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
American Violet
(Tim Disney, U.S.A., Color, 2008, 103 min.)
Tuesday September 15th, 6-9pm, White Hall 205
Free and open to the public
Based on real life events, American Violet tells the story of Dee Roberts, an African American woman and single mother of four, who fights against an unyielding criminal justice system after she is charged as a drug dealer and faced with an impossible decision. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, and Alfre Woodard, with critically-acclaimed newcomer, Nicole Beharie, in the lead role.
Meet Regina Kelly, the woman whose story inspired the film, at this event. Co-sponsored by the Center for Ethics, EPIC, and the Office of Community and Diversity.
“Fanfares of Love”
(the original Some Like it Hot (1959)
In German with English Subtitles and in 35mm
Kurt Hoffman, 1951 (122 minutes)
Thursday, September 24th at 6 p.m. White Hall 205
Free and open to the public
The great writer-director-producer Billy Wilder never fully acknowledged that his and co-writer I.A.L. Diamond’s great Some Like it Hot’s debt to this German cross-dressing farce (itself a remake a mid-1930s French film). This comedy about two desperate male musicians who dress as women to earn a living is hilarious, inspiring Wilder and his collaborators to create what is generally regarded as the greatest American film comedy ever made.
A fine example of post-war German filmmaking, Fafaren der Leibe features Georg Thomalla in the Jack Lemmon role, Dieter Borsche in the Tony Curtis part and Inge Egger in the prototype role for Marilyn Monroe’s Sugar Cane Kowalski..
Join us for a terrific opportunity to see this rare film (not available in any home video format) in splendid 35mm that also provides a wonderful look into Wilder’s genius as a creator of comedies.
This screening is presented with the support of the Department of German Studies and the Goethe-Institute.
The Emory University Center for Ethics Presents:
Ethics at the Movies
in collaboration with Film Studies
Screening: FROZEN RIVER
October 6, 2009
6-8 PM
Ethics Commons
Room 102
FREE PIZZA AND POPCORN!!!
American Film Classics 101: Changing the Way You Watch
An Emory QUEST/Emory Center for Lifelong Learning Course
Dr. Matthew Bernstein has taught for nearly twenty years in Emory’s Film Studies Department, where he now serves as chair. He has authored and edited several anthologies, books, and essays on film, and currently serves on the National Film Preservation Board which advises the Librarian of Congress about films to be named annually to the National Film Registry.
Gain a deeper awareness of film’s visual and aural techniques—and a deeper appreciation for its ability to tell stories. In this course, you will develop skills for analyzing and evaluating films, understanding in particular the consequences of filmmakers’ artistic choices. Experience the pleasures of analyzing classics like BRINGING UP BABY, CITIZEN KANE, THE GRADUATE, REAR WINDOW, A MAN ESCAPED, and either Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS or SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in-depth. You will never watch films the same way again. Students are encouraged to view REAR WINDOW and CITIZEN KANE before class begins.
Instructor: Matthew Bernstein, Emory University Professor, Chair and Director of Film Graduate Studies
5 session(s): Mon: Oct 12-Nov 9 / 7:00-9:00 pm
Registration fee: $350
CEUs: 1
Click HERE to go to the Emory QUEST/Emory Center for Lifelong Learning page, and to register.
Emory Cinematheque Fall 2009 Film Series
Wednesdays, 8pm, White Hall 205
Free and open to the public
Wednesday October 7th, 8pm, White Hall 205
Dracula (Tod Browning, U.S.A., black and white, 1931, 75 min.)
Starring Bela Lugosi in an unforgettable performance as the Count, Dracula is one of the earliest classic horrors to come from Laemmle’s Universal Pictures. Eerie and atmospheric, Dracula was a box office hit for Tod Browning, whose penchant for the creepy and uncanny led him to direct the controversial (and almost career-ending) Freaks a year later.
Wednesday October 14th, 8pm, White Hall 205
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, U.S.A., black and white, 1936, 115 min.)
Frank Capra's second major hit of the 1930s (after 1934's It Happened One Night) featues Gary Cooper in his quintessential role as a shy, bashful rural greeting card poet who confronts the sophistication and cynicism of the big city. With a winning performance from Jean Arthur, this film crystallized America's sense of itself in the 1930s.
Wednesday October 21st, 8pm, White Hall 205
Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, France, black and white, 1939, 110 min. In French with English subtitles.)
Renoir’s masterpiece pits servants against masters in a classically structured serio-comic game of love and death set in the present to show what he called “a society dancing on the edge of a volcano.” Consistently rated one of the greatest films ever made by an international panel of film critics, the film is notable for its improvised performances by Renoir’s favorite actors, its elaborate staging, and the choreography of Renoir’s long takes and camera movement.
Wednesday October 28th, 8pm, White Hall 205
Passing Fancy (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, black and white, 1933, 100 min. In Japanese with English subtitles.)
Another comic gem from a master of Japanese cinema, this film focuses on a single father, his wayward son and his love triangle with his best friend. Wonderful performances, distinctive editing, and a great example of Ozu’s approach to dramas of ordinary people, told with compassion and humor.
Wednesday November 4th, 8pm, White Hall 205
Olympia II: Festival of Beauty (Leni Riefenstahl, Germany, black and white, 1938, 90 min. In German with English subtitles.)
Part Two of Leni Riefenstahl’s paen to the 1936 Berlin Olympics proved to be a seminal example of sports coverage in the media, but is best remembered for its visual apotheosis of the Aryan body.
Wednesday November 11th, 8pm, White Hall 205
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, U.S.A., black and white, 1939, 129 min.)
One of Capra’s best loved films of the 1930s, Mr. Smith pits an innocent James Stewart against a corrupt Washington D.C. in a tale that simultaneously celebrates American democracy. With Jean Arthur and Claude Rains, as well as front-rank array of Hollywood character actors, including Eugene Palette, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, and Thomas Mitchell.
RESCHEDULED TO Monday November 23rd, 8pm, White Hall 205
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, U.S.A., black and white, 1941, 119 min.)
Orson Welles’s acclaimed first film (made when he was 25) experimented with scrambled time schemes and deep focus cinematography and long takes to create a highly influential work about the ambiguities of fame and fortune in America. Consistently rated the greatest film ever made.
Wednesday December 2nd, 8pm, White Hall 205
The Snake Pit (Anatole Litvak, U.S.A., black and white, 1948, 108 min.)
An uncompromisingly harsh look at mental hospitals, courtesy of Darryl F. Zanuck’s crusading, socially-minded Twentieth Century Fox studio and a bravura performance by Olivia de Havilland in the post-war semi-documentary style.
Emory Cinematheque—a collaboration between Emory College and the Department of Film Studies, showing a series of outstanding films from world cinema.
All screenings in White Hall 205, in 35mm (unless otherwise noted), at 8 p.m.
The Wednesday night Fall series is curated by Dr. Eddy von Mueller, Lecturer in Film Studies. Dr. Mueller will introduce all screenings. Special thanks to James Steffen, Ph.D., and Alfredo Villar in the Emory Heilbrun Music and Media Library.
The Georgia Historical Society's 2009 Profiles in Leadership program, Leadership in Crisis: The Leo Frank Lynching, is a roundtable discussion that will take place on Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m. at the studios of Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta. PBS will air a new documentary on the Frank lynching this fall, The People v. Leo Frank, and with the centennial of the events of 1913-1915 fast approaching, the Georgia Historical Society has assembled a stellar panel for a timely and important discussion about one of the most controversial and darkest chapters in Georgia and American history. We're very excited to report that Georgia Public Broadcasting has agreed to record Leadership in Crisis for broadcast in Georgia immediately following the national debut of The People v. Leo Frank on PBS on Monday, November 2.
In this roundtable discussion, moderated by GHS Senior Historian Stan Deaton, we'll examine the key role of leadership--or lack thereof--played by publisher/politician Tom Watson, Georgia Governor John Slaton, and others involved in the case, as well as the ongoing legacy of the Frank lynching and the continuing controversy surrounding Frank's guilt and 1986 pardon. Our panel will feature former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes, journalist Steve Oney, author of the award-winning And The Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank, and Matthew Bernstein of Emory University, author of Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television. The program is free and open to the public and starts at 7 pm. For more information visit www.georgiahistory.com.
ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY and FREQUENT SMALL MEALS present
Chantal Akerman's
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Chantal Akerman’s masterpiece of 1970s cinema in a new 35mm print
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Film Studies and Women's Studies at Emory University
Delphine Seyrig as Jeanne Dielman courtesy Paradise Films
Friday, October 23, 2009, 7:00 PM
White Hall 205, Emory University
Free admission
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975) 35mm, 201 minutes
Brussels, 1975: a twenty-five-year-old director, a legendary actress, and a mostly female film crew produce a movie in five weeks at a miniscule cost. Its title consists only of the protagonist’s name and street address. Almost every scene breaks cardinal rules of commercial cinema. Yet the enigmatic film has a powerful effect on audiences, and the rarity of its screenings only add to its mystique. Three decades later, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is considered by many to be a masterpiece of world cinema and is voted one of the top twenty films of the twentieth century by the Village Voice.
Rarely has there been a movie harder to describe than Jeanne Dielman, for the film’s emotional power and psychological depth are ingeniously achieved through minimal onscreen action. For almost the entirety of this three-hour movie, a middle-aged housewife goes about her daily routine: shopping, cooking, cleaning, and once each afternoon meeting her daily client for sex. All of these activities take place in real time – in one notorious scene, the camera stays with Jeanne for many minutes as she peels potatoes for her son’s dinner.
Over the course of three days, as the details of Jeanne’s routines accumulate, the film draws us into an intense examination of her inner life – helped along by the brilliant cinematography of Babette Mangolte, the subtle clues in director Chantal Akerman’s script, and a mesmerizing lead performance by Delphine Seyrig. But gradually, we see Jeanne’s compulsively regular routine begin to break down, leading to a shocking conclusion.
Jeanne Dielman has long been recognized as a landmark work. Yet three decades after its release it has only now become available on DVD in America, and screenings in its original film format have been rare. As part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2009, the Film Love series is proud to present a new 35mm print of this classic film that continues to surprise and haunt audiences today.
More information at http://andel.home.mindspring.com/jeannedielman.htm
The Emory Program in Linguistics presents a talk by
Shalini Shankar
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Northwestern University
Wednesday October 28th
4:30 pm, Anthropology 206
"Discursive and Interdiscursive Constructions of Race and Ethnicity in Advertising"
While mass-mediated meanings of race and ethnicity circulate widely in the United States, less is known about the microlevel processes by which advertisers imagine and produce them. This paper examines how race and ethnicity are negotiated and constructed in the process of advertising production. I address two dimensions of this process: first, how general market advertisers who create ads for mainstream media sources envision and manage demands for greater diversity; and second, how advertisers in a niche market aimed at Asian Americans also talk about and negotiate race and ethnicity. I offer a semiotic approach to understanding ethnic and racial construction, illustrating how spoken discourse plays a central role in this process. Advertisers construct expertise based on their cultural heritage and linguistic skills and utilize notions of diaspora, belonging, and citizenship to imagine themselves and their audiences. While niche and general market advertisers apply distinctly different approaches to racial and ethnic representation, both can be understood as part of neoliberal shifts in public discourse that downplay racial difference and commoditize ethnicity. With both, I am interested in how advertisers construct their own subjectivity vis-à-vis the populations they wish to reach, and how these constructions can be understood in the context of neoliberal discourses of race, ethnicity, media, and the self.
Cosponsored by The Department of Anthropology, The Department of Film Studies, and The Race and Difference Initiative.
From Gone With the Wind to Sex in the City: Feminism and Girl Power, Enemies or Allies?
a talk by film critic Molly Haskell
Molly Haskell is a film critic, and author of Frankly My Dear: Gone With the Wind Revisited and From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies (1975), among other books. Lecture and book signing. Cosponsored by the Department of Theater Studies and the Department of Women's Studies.
Thursday, November 12
6:00p.m. White Hall 205
free and open to the public
Department of Film Studies
404-727-6761
ahall03@emory.edu
http://www.filmstudies.emory.edu