STEPPING THROUGH TIME: THE SCIENCE OF TIME TRAVEL
Tue. Mar. 19, 2013 - Tue. Mar. 26, 2013
Movies love to play with time, but are they playing fair? This two-week course will explore time in science-fiction and in science-fact.
DREAMING REVOLT: JEAN ROLLIN, THE FRENCH FANTASTIQUE AND BEYOND
Tue. Apr. 16, 2013 - Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
A filmmaker ridiculed by film critics and genre fans alike, Jean Rollin (1938-2010) has only recently begun to find acceptance in his native France. Rollin’s films have been described in often paradoxical ways, from poetic and literary, to absurdist and oneiric, to technically inept and narratively impenetrable. Hence, Rollin films occupy a liminal space in film history – where art-house horror mixes with sexual taboo, where the fantastique tradition mixes with the “serial film,” and where lyricism mixes with the macabre – resulting in a disarmingly unique and personal cinematic vision.
