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Lecturer(s)
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Hudac Nicholas David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Film List: Guy Ritchie. Snatch, 2000 Guy Ritchie. The Gentlemen, 2023 King Hu. Come Drink With Me, 1966 King Hu. A Touch of Zen, 1967 Gordon Parks. Shaft, 1969 Gordon Parks, jr. Superfly. 1972 Michael Curtiz, Captain Blood. 1935 Rouben Moumullian, The Mark of Zorro. 1940 The Wachowskis. The Matrix. 1999 Lau Kar Leung. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. 1978 Terence Young. Dr. No. 1962 Martin Campbell. Casino Royale. 2006 Howard Hawks. Rio Bravo. 1959. Sam Peckinpah. The Wild Bunch. 1969 Howard Hawks. The Big Sleep. 1946 Edgar Wright. Hot Fuzz. 2007 Christopher Nolan. The Dark Knight. 2008 Chad Stahelski. John Wick. S.S. Rajamouli. R.R.R. 2023 George Miller. Mad Max: Fury Road. 2015 Johnny To. Throw Down. 2002 Rob Cohen. The Fast and the Furious. 2001 Yasuharu Hasebe. Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss. 1970 Richard C. Sarafin. Vanishing Point. 1971. Reading: Kristin Thompsonova, David Boardwell. Dejiny filmu. Praha: NAMU, 2007 Rick Altman. Film/Genre. A Companion to the Action Film. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2019.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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FA3: The Foot Fist Way: Action Films 1950 to Present Pozor! Jazyk výuky tohoto kurzu je angličtina. Písemné práce a ústní zkoušky mohou být v angličtině, češtině nebo slovenštině. This course will be an analytical course focused on two related areas of film theory and analysis: directorial style, and the basic concepts of formalist film analysis. To this end, we will examine the careers of selected directors, learning how to apply these concepts to in-depth analysis.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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This course will consist of a weekly lecture and discussion (about half and half), with assigned readings and films. Films will be available on the class Google Drive, readings are available online through a variety of online sources. Student will be expected to answer questions and discuss these when asked in class. There will be one midterm essay, which will be a short 5-6 page sequence analysis a single film, focusing on employing a neo-formalist approach, although other approaches can be used as well. The final exam for this class will be an oral exam, similar in structure to the state exams. Students will select a question and have 15 minutes (maximum) to answer it and any follow up questions.
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Recommended literature
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