3633 - World Cinema (Robin Bernat)
Course Description
Instructor: Robin Bernat
For six weeks, students will view films from all over the globe. Similar to a book club, participants will view two films each week before meeting on Zoom for an hour-long discussion. Most films are critically acclaimed and, in this course, selected because they offer diverse world views. Most films are available for rental on Amazon while others are available for free on Kanopy.com
You can also check the app/website, JustWatch - The Streaming Guide to see where the films are available to watch.
Below is the weekly schedule:
1
France, Germany and The Netherlands,, China
Alexander Sokurov: Francofonia (2016) Amazon
Chen Kaige: Farewell My Concubine (1992) Kanopy
2
France
Olivier Assayas: Summer Hours (2009) Mubi subscription on Amazon
Francois Margolin: The Art Dealer (2015) Amazon
3
United Kingdom, Ecuador and Colombia
Stephen Frears: Dirty Pretty Things (2003) Amazon
Joshua Marston: Maria Full of Grace (2004) Amazon
4
Ireland, Sweden
Colm Bairead: The Quiet Girl (2022) Kanopy
Lasse Hallstrom: My Life As a Dog (1985) Amazon
5
Spain and Italy
Pedro Almodovar: Talk to Her (2002) Fandango at home
Alice Rohrwacher: Happy As Lazzaro (2018) Netflix
6.
Germany/Japan, Russia
Wim Wenders: Perfect Days (2023) Amazon
Werner Herzog: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2013) Amazon
Bio: Robin Bernat is an artist and writer, and, since 2010, the owner and curator of Poem 88 gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work has been exhibited locally, regionally, and nationally and has been collected by many important institutions including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Kemper Museum of Art, the Library of the Art Institute of Chicago, The High Museum of Art, MOCA-GA, and The Weatherspoon Museum. Working primarily in film and video, Bernat’s work explores the fleeting and the provisional.