Don't know if this was mentioned yet, but for E. Europe, Krysztof Kieslowski's "Decalogue" from 1988 is a series of 10 films based on the Ten Commandments set in a late Soviet era housing complex in Warsaw. They're tremendous. joan >Dear List members, > >I am putting together a course that will focus on the styles and aesthetics >of allegorical cinema. I already have a good list of films, but was >wondering if list members would have any suggestions. I have lots of films >from Spain, Iran, Germany, one from Tunisia and of course Raul Ruiz and Atom >Egoyan and am pretty familiar with the allegorical aspects of Brazilian >Cinema Novo (disucssed in Ismail Xavier's book). I have less knowledge of >other Latin American cinema though. > >I'm also quite unfamiliar with films from Eastern Europe, except Kusturica. >Info on availability on DVD with English subtitles would also be helpful. > >I'd also like to include a couple of Hollywood films which have been read >allegorically. In particular ones which are not necessarily allegorical >simply on a narrative level, but use interesting film techniques to alert >the viewer to meaning beyond the surface. > >Oh, and please don't mention Star Wars!!!! > >All suggestions welcome. >PS. I have a Benjamin/Deleuzian take on allegory. > >Warm regards, >Michelle Langford > > >Dr Michelle Langford >Lecturer >School of English, Media and Performing Arts >The University of New South Wales >Sydney 2052 Australia >Room: Webster 311O >Phone: + 61 2 9385 4489 >Fax: + 61 2 9385 6812 > >Allegorical Images >http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/ppbooks.php?isbn=9781841501383 > >---- >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html -- ************* Joan Grossman Pinball Films 18 Cheever Place Brooklyn, NY 11231 tel: 718.855.9836 mobile: 646.641.9836 [log in to unmask] http://www.pinballfilms.net ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]