{"id":70,"date":"2014-06-07T02:39:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T02:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/ital-2500-spring-2015\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2022-01-08T12:04:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T17:04:59","slug":"films","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/ital-2500-spring-2015\/films\/","title":{"rendered":"Films & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"brambilla,<\/a>

\u00a9 Franco Brambilla, “More Than Real” (2008)<\/p><\/div>\n

Required short film and TV episode viewing<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Chris Marker, La Jet\u00e9e<\/em> (France, 1962; 28m) on digital reserve here<\/a>
\n\u2022 R. Bare and D. Knight, To Serve Man<\/em> [S3E24 of The Twilight Zone<\/em>] (USA, 1962; 24m) BB<\/a> (and Netflix<\/a>)
\n\u2022 Wanuri Kahiu, Pumzi <\/em>(Kenya, 2009;\u00a023m) Youtube<\/a>
\n\u2022 Lisa Jackson,\u00a0The Visit <\/em>(Anishinaabe, 2009; 4m) here<\/a>
\n\u2022 Giacomo Cimini, <\/span>The City in the Sky <\/em>(Italy-England, 2009; 27 mins) <\/span>Vimeo<\/a>
\n\u2022 Kim Jee-woon <\/span>The Heavenly Creature <\/em>in<\/span>\u00a0Doomsday Book <\/em><\/em>(Korea, 2012; 30mins) <\/span>Netflix <\/a>and on digital reserve
\n\u2022 Nanobah Becker,\u00a0The 6th World<\/em> (Navajo, 2012; 15m) Youtube<\/a>
\n\u2022 Kibwe Tavares,\u00a0Robots of Brixton <\/em>(England, 2012; 5m) Youtube<\/a>
\n\u2022 Don Hertzfeldt, World of Tomorrow 1, 2, & 3<\/em> (USA, 2015-2020; 16-20m each) BB<\/a>
\n\u2022 Antoine Ca\u00ebcke & H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Jeudy, Anvil<\/em> (Japan\/Belgium, 2017) Vimeo<\/a>
\n\u2022 Helen Haig-Brown, The Cave<\/em> (Tsilhqot\u2019in, 2018) Youtube<\/a>
\n\u2022 Robert Valley, <\/span>Zima Blue<\/em> [Episode 14 of <\/span>Love, Death, and Robots<\/em>] (Canada, 2019;10m) <\/span>Netflix<\/a> and BB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 a brief list of basic film criticism terminology here<\/a><\/em>
\n\u2022 a bit more in-depth one here<\/a>
\n\u2022 an even more in-depth one here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n


\nHighly recommended feature-length film viewing<\/strong> (not required, but if you can see one or more during the semester, great!)<\/strong>
\nFritz Lang, Metropolis<\/em> (Germany, 1927; 3h 30m)
\nIshiro Honda, Godzilla <\/em>(Japan, 1954; 96m)
\nMario Bava, Planet of the Vampires<\/em> (Italy, 1965; 88m)
\nElio Petri, The 10th Victim<\/em> (Italy, 1965; 1h 33m)
\nAndrei Tarkovski, Solaris <\/em>(Russia, 1972; 2h 70m)
\n<\/a>Ren\u00e9 Laloux, The Fantastic Plane<\/em>t (France, 1973; 71m)
\nR.W. Fassbinder, World on a Wire <\/em>(Germany, 1973; 3h)
\nNicolas Roeg, The Man Who Fell to Earth <\/em>(UK, 1976; 2h)
\nAndrei Tarkovski, Stalker <\/em>(Russia, 1979; 2h 30m)
\nPiotr Kamler, Chronopolis<\/em> (Poland, 1982; 65m)
\n<\/a>Terry Gilliam, Brazil <\/em>(UK, 1985; 2h)
\nGeoff Murphy, The Quiet Earth <\/em>(New Zealand, 1985; 91m)
\nEliseo Subiela, Man Facing Southeast<\/em> (Argentina, 1986; 1h 45m)
\nVincent Ward, The Navigator<\/em> (Australia-New Zealand, 1988; 93m)
\nMamoru Oshii, Ghost in the Shell <\/em>(Japan, 1995; 82m)
\nLuc Besson, The Fifth Element <\/em>(France, 1997; 2h)
\nGabriele Salvatores, Nirvana <\/em>(Italy, 1997; 1h 51m)
\nMoon-saeng Kim, Wonderful Days \/ Sky Blue <\/em>(Korea, 2003; 1h 26m)
\nSatoshi Kon, Paprika<\/em> (Japan, 2006; 1h 30min)
\nKonstantin Lopushansky, Ugly Swans<\/em> (Russia, 2006; 1h 49m)
\nNacho Vigalondo, Timecrimes <\/em>(Spain, 2007; 1h 28m)
\nAlex Rivera, Sleep Dealer <\/em>(Mexico, 2008; 1h 30m)
\nTarik Saleg, Metropia <\/em>(Sweden, 2009; 1h 26m)
\nJohn Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso, H+: The Digital Series<\/em>\u00a0(world, 2012; 4h)
\nAri Folman,\u00a0The Congress\u00a0<\/em>(Israel, 2013; 2h)<\/p>\n

Some recommended short films (not required)
\n<\/strong>Carl E. Rinsch,\u00a0The Gift\u00a0<\/em>(UK, 2010) Vimeo<\/a>
\nZaramella,\u00a0Viaje a Marte\u00a0<\/em>(Voyage to Mars) (Argentina, 2012?) Vimeo<\/a>, more<\/a>
\nFactory Fifteen,\u00a0Gamma <\/em>(Ukraine and Kazakhstan, 2012) Vimeo<\/a>
\nJosh Tanner, The Landing <\/em>(USA, 2013) Vimeo<\/a>
\nSupamonks Studio,\u00a0Voyager<\/em> (France, 2015) Vimeo<\/a>
\nThe Brother Lynch, The Trial <\/em>(UK, 2016) Vimeo<\/a>
\nGiacomo Cimini,\u00a0The Nostalgist <\/em>(UK, 2016) Youtube<\/a>
\n<\/a>Oats Studios,\u00a0God: Serengeti <\/em>(USA, 2017) Youtube<\/a>
\nBrett Foxwell, <\/span>Fabricated\u00a0<\/em>(USA, 2017; 20m) <\/span>Vimeo<\/a>
\nThe Brother Lynch, Dust <\/em>(UK, 2019) here<\/a>
\nNative SF films and trailers, here<\/a>
\nOptimistic SF short films,\u00a0Better Worlds<\/em>. here<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Some highly recommended TV series<\/strong>\u00a0(not required)
\n<\/strong>The Twilight Zone <\/em>(USA,1959-64)
\nDoctor Who <\/em>(UK, 1963-)
\nThe Stranger <\/em>(Australia, 1964-65)
\nThe Outer Limits <\/em>(USA, 1963-65)
\nStar Trek: Original Series <\/em>(USA, 1966-69)
\nThe Prisoner<\/em> (England, 1967-68)
\nA come Andromeda<\/em> (Italy, 1971)
\nQuatermass<\/em> (England, 1979)
\nStar Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> (USA, 1987-1994)
\nStar Trek: Voyager<\/em> (USA, 1995-2001)
\nStar Trek: Enterprise<\/em> (USA, 2001-2005)
\nFirefly<\/em> (USA, 2002)
\nBattlestar Galattica<\/em> (USA, 2004-2009)
\nSteven Hawking’s Sci-Fi Masters<\/em> (USA, 2007)
\nBlack Mirror<\/em> (England, 2011-)
\nH+ <\/em>(all over the place, 2012) Youtube<\/a>
\nReal Humans<\/em> (Sweden, 2012-)
\nContinuum<\/em> (Canada, 2012-15)
\nOrphan Black<\/em> (USA 2013-)
\nSense8<\/em> (USA, 2015-)
\nThe Expanse<\/em> (USA, 2015-)
\nColony<\/em> (USA, 2015-)
\nWestworld <\/em>(USA, 2016-)
\n<\/em>Dark <\/em>(Germany, 2017-)
\nStar Trek: Discovery<\/em> (USA, 2017-)
\nLegion\u00a0<\/em>(USA, 2017-2019)
\nStar Trek: Picard<\/em> (USA, 2020-)
\nFoundation\u00a0<\/em>(USA, 2021-)
\n<\/span>Station 11<\/em> (USA, 2021-)<\/span><\/p>\n

An ever-growing collection of recommended, non-USA SF films.<\/strong>
\nMost of the films listed are available with English subtitles or dubbing.
\n**Recommendations are welcome and can be sent to asaiber@bowdoin.edu<\/a><\/em> **<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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