Course syllabus intro to video production comm 5203 a. He initially supported the cuban revolution that brought fidel castro to power in 1959. Three sailors stranded on baffin island at the turn of the century are taken in by an inuit band. Its a highly impressionistic work that refuses to chart a neat course in threeact time. Before night falls is the story of the writer, novelist, and poet reinaldo arenas who was born in a poor rural area of eastern cuba. This course examines historically oriented motion pictures as both primary and secondary sources of.
Unlike schnabels before night falls, theres no attempt to extrapolate the protagonists art by using sympathetic cinematics and editing. Reinaldo arenas, before night falls penguin, 1993 arenas memoir of life in cuba has recently been made into one of the finest films extant by julian schnabel. Schnabel does an excellent job of taking on this challenge, revealing the. Instead, its finely crafted cinema, with strong performances by a topflight international cast featuring javier bardem, olivier martinez, andrea di stefano, johnny depp, and sean penn. Everything about before night falls is extraordinary.
The film is based on both the autobiography of the same name b. Before night falls original motion picture soundtrack. Before night falls fine line features, before night falls website rosenstone, visions of the past, chap. The majority of the films screened will be featurelength, commercial films, but we will make some forays in documentaries, film shorts, and educational films. United states history through film course syllabus rob p. Zarkowski since thomas edison patented americas first motion picture camera in 1891, telling americas history through film has become a large part of our culture. The life of cuban poet and novelist, reinaldo arenas.
Make connections between film technology and artistry. Before night falls is a 2000 american biographical romantic drama directed by julian schnabel. Before night falls based on the memoir by reinaldo arenas. Before night falls also continued schnabels ability to attract an. History in film syllabus rowlett high school, 2014. During the course of the term, each student will select a caribbean novel or film not included on our syllabus for a final project. The goal of the course is for the student to develop the ability to capture great video images and audio, and to be able to edit those two. The soundtrack to before night falls, julian schnabels passionate, critically acclaimed portrait of cuban writer reinaldo arenas, features an equally compelling collection of cuban music. Prepare notes and questions about novels, chapters, essays, films, lectures and discussions for class and group discussions and assignments. What is lacking in the first incarnation of this opera is what animated all of arenas muses, the quality he found lacking in holguin and miami and, ultimately, new york. The film tells the tale of the cuban poet and novelist reinaldo arenas, who despite having fought on the side of fidel castros revolutionaries and won international acclaim for his writing, faced persecution in his own country for being a gay man. Forever my girl tells the story of country music superstar liam page alex roe who left his bride, josie jessica rothe, at the altar choosing fame and.
The primary text for this course will be american films in whole or part such as city lights, i was a fugitive from a chain gang, it. Schnabel, the painter, makes his screen a rich canvas of dream sequences, fragmented childhood memories, and the wild cuban demimonde inhabited by arenas and others who do not conform. The following films are assigned to supplement the reading. To survey the varieties of experimental moving images produced by a variety of technologies, including film, video, and digital media. Learn the basic elements of the economic structure of the film industry. With javier bardem, johnny depp, olatz lopez garmendia, giovani florido. The film is based on both the autobiography of the same name by reinaldo arenaspublished in english in 1993 as well as jana bokovas 1990 documentary havana the screenplay was cowritten by schnabel, lazaro gomez carriles and cunningham okeefe. Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed cuban poet and novelist reinaldo arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in fidel castros cuba. Unless otherwise noted in the syllabus, they are required. Gloriously artistic and gloriously humane, it tells the tragic but also. There is a lot more mention of his sexual adventures in the book than in the excellent film that was made from the book. What works in before night falls the color and poignancy of the score, the quality of the cast and production crew has been extolled elsewhere. It was, of course, one way to level the agents of castros totalitarianism, i.
Rent before night falls 2000 starring javier bardem and johnny depp on dvd and bluray. It could be, for example, a sequence of a movie, animated opening credits, or trailer. The classical beat before night falls in fort worth. Before night falls tells the story of arenas life through the words of his work and the images of julian schnabels imagination. The fort worth opera festival presented the world premiere of my opera before night falls in their 2010 spring season. In before night falls, arenas tells of his odyssey from young rebel fighting for the revolution, through his suppression. Read the before night falls movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Before night falls literature essays are academic essays for citation. Prepare notes and questions about novels, chapters, essays, films, lectures and. Over the course of his hellbentforleather life, arenas writes scads of poetry.
Before night falls 2000 fullhd movie english subtitle before night falls 2000 fullhd movie release date before night falls 2000 fullhd movie air date before night falls 2000 fullhd movie scene. In before night falls, arenas describes the joy his sexuality brought him through the years and how much it meant to be able to share that gift with his partners. The film artfully and entertainingly deals with the concept of whether and how the work of the artist and the actual life of the artist and then the later artistic depiction of the life of the artist are integrated. Course description comm 33920e is an advanced video production course that is designed to give students an introduction to the practical considerations of making a documentary film as well as exposure to various types of documentary styles and subject matter. Arenas describes how he made the most out of life in a repressive state and how his contemporaries lived in a marginal society with the aid of dreams and magical realism.
Uk, but over the course of the subsequent 30 years it has grown in stature. Course description comm 5203 is an entrylevel course that will serve as an introduction to basic videofilmaudio production. Before night falls view outside of class, on course reserve at homer library pn1997. T 12 before night falls 3 min biographical film based on the memoir before. The films intensity and it is powerfully, unremittingly intense shouldnt come. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of before night falls by reinaldo arenas. Students are responsible for all materials on the designated day on the syllabus. Peter tatchell on gay cuban writer reinaldo arenas film.
Rent before night falls 2000 on dvd and bluray dvd. The digital knowledge center dkc provides umw students with peer tutoring on digital projects and assignments. The course meets monday and wednesday afternoons during summer session ii july 11august 19, 2005. Price new from used from unknown binding, 1999 please retry. Hist 319d summer 2003 syllabus university of maryland. Fulltext version available through ebscohost or by clicking here. Before night falls apr 24 cuban revolution continued before night falls continued. The film opens with a handheld tracking shot through a light forest in rural cuba. Since much of the work of screenwriting is done before the actual drafting, this class will focus on the process of screenwriting. In consultation with the professor, she will submit a prospectus for the final research paper, followed by an outline, before submitting the 15page paper the last day of class. Motorcycle diaries before night falls frida romero spoils of war the take maquilapolis maria, full of grace who is dayani cristal or quinceanera important class policies this syllabus is like a contract. That, of course, is also the theme in writer and director julian schnabels last film. The white dawn 1974, 110 min a feature film and excellent example of ethnographic fiction. Before night falls widescreen soustitres francais import amazon.
All societies have prejudices as before night falls shows, even those which claim to treat everyone equally. Learn about the historical context, characteristics and conventions of genres such as the western, musical, romantic comedy, war film, film noir, and discuss their embodiment in. Any student at the university can take advantage of the centers services by scheduling an appointment to work oneoneone or in a group with a student tutor. This course examines 20th21st century american history, culture and society through film. For many people watching a hollywood film on america is their only way of getting to know her history no matter how. A cuban writer, reinaldo arenas, writes about his life under the persecution from fidel castros dictatorship in before night falls. Reinaldo arenas was born to a povertystricken family in rural cuba. This course will introduce you to feature film screenwriting. Film, television and new media syllabus 4 traditional or computergenerated, soundtrack with accompanying images or video game. Schnabel, the painter, makes his screen a rich canvas of dream sequences, fragmented childhood memories, and the wild cuban demimonde inhabited by. There are times in before night falls when it physically hurts to watch. His film about exiled cuban poetnovelist reinaldo arenas is a. O ld propaganda, slanders, lies and halftruths about the cuban revolution and its treatment of gays these are the accusations made against julian.
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