Class Cultural Heritage II: Portuguese Cinema

In our introduction to Portuguese cinema, we will focus on the aesthetic analysis of forms and tendencies. We are interested in the aesthetic values that affirm it, both internally and in relation to the state of the cinema in the world. Considering the lines of creation, the authors, and the films to be discussed, as well as the existing written thought about it, we seek to find concepts that may correspond to what the films present, identifying and envisaging effective and possible creative paths in the present. Participation in the Cineclub (some films) will provide the experience of screening films in the cinema room, as well as contact with artists and aspects of the cinematographic production in Portugal.

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I. Introduction: what is Portuguese cinema? 1. The ‘tempos’ (musical sense) of Portuguese cinema 2. Regularities and exceptions (silent and sound) 3. The “new cinema” of the 1960s and the “auteur revolt” 4. International recognition of Portuguese cinema 5. New creative trends in the present day II. Exemplary origins of Portuguese cinema: historical and aesthetic transversality — ‘Douro, Faina Fluvial’ (Manoel de Oliveira, 1931) and ‘Jaime’ (António Reis, 1974) III. Some authors, some films in focus (semester selection of author(s) and/or film(s) IV. Film club of the semester (6 p.m.): selection of some sessions

Being a subject of cultural and aesthetic formation, the contact with the works in their entirety, in the context of the Cineclub, provides an experience that is necessary in school today, particularly in the scientific-artistic areas of the image-mouvement.

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