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Graduate Course
WiSe 12/13: Politics in Cinema
Christoph Hesse
Comments
Cinema, ever since the First World War, has been considered an inevitably political medium, whatever artistic qualities it might have spawned otherwise. Also within the realm of self-professed entertainment industries, where commercial profit is deemed prior to political issues, cinema has always, to a greater or lesser extent, drawn attention to matters of society. Not least due to its supposedly realistic recording techniques, cinema-at times even by virtue of its bemoaned escapism-is said to engage its spectators in conflicts about the real world they live in, and as a mass medium it indeed proves capable of attracting audiences beyond the reach of particularly political propaganda. However, the vigour and efficiency of cinema's political power remain highly questionable. This seminar shall provide an introductory reading into the politics of cinema, into different historical epochs and different ways of addressing political issues cinematically-or, with regard to contemporary multimedia, by means of motion pictures beyond cinema. close
16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2012-10-17 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-10-24 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-10-31 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-11-07 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-11-14 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-11-21 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-11-28 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-12-05 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-12-12 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2012-12-19 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2013-01-09 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2013-01-16 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2013-01-23 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2013-01-30 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2013-02-06 12:00 - 14:00
Wed, 2013-02-13 12:00 - 14:00