interest from film enthusiasts in Delhi and other parts of the country. We
received applications from undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students,
teachers, media professionals and others. Unfortunately, we could only
accommodate a limited number of people and we had a tough time sorting
through the applications and preparing a shortlist. Finally thirty
participants attended the lectures, including eight from Sarai.
Lecture themes included early film theory and practice (focus on Soviet
montage), linguistic, psychoanalytical and feminist film theory, genre
studies (including reflections on genre in the US, Japan and India),
narrative theory, questions of spectatorship, formal and historical
understandings of melodrama and realism. The lectures also addressed the
categories of popular and art cinema, with special attention to India, and
devoted special sessions to the documentary film. To capture the significance
of media and film analysis for contemporary usages of the audio visual,
special lectures and screenings were organised to examine the relationship
between cinema, the history of imaging technologies, and representations of
action, violence, and war.
Nineteen films from Germany, USSR, France, Japan, Hong Kong, Iran, USA,
Mexico, Cuba and India were screened and discussed during the course of the
series. The lectures were illustrated with film clips and the involvement of
participants facilitated through interactive formats.
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That's all we have this month.
Cheers,
Ranita
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