From the module Film Theory I
Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
Silent cinema has the power to communicate through the pure image, the essence of cinema, and Buster Keaton's film is a awesome early example of reflecting on the medium itself and on its capacity of triggering our emotions, and, possibly, changing our lives.
From the module French New Wave
Forbidden Games (René Clément, 1952)
A pre-Nouvelle Vague cinematic text set during 1940s Nazi bombings of France guiding us through the eyes of a spectacular child protagonist, the little Paulette, and her countryside friend, Michel. A human document on childhood's friendship, but also a critique of French society and religion.
From the module Topics in World Cinema
Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray,1955)
This was my favourite film among this week's, not only did it make me discover the amazing cinema of Ray, but it also is a human document of the finest kind opening Ray's Apu's Trilogy and always focusing on the child's gaze as bearer of the amazement and the surprise in front of the things of daily life.
From the module Cinema and Spectatorship
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
I finally had the chance to watch this Powell's gem, the cinematography and camerawork are perfect, and the story makes you question your role as spectator through the discourses on voyeurism and scopophilia. A cinematic thriller interrogating the very essence of the apparatus.
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