JEF7REY HILDNER | THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Graduate
Theory Seminar: Spring 2002 [see related
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- MANIFESTO | JEF7REY HILDNER (2001)
1. ARCHITECTURE IS THE STAGE SET FOR THE DRAMA OF LIFE.
ARCHITECTURE is SCENERY
(SEE-nery), the MISE-EN-SCENE
for the action---the tragedy and comedy---of human drama.[mise-en-scène = "the
physical setting of an action : CONTEXT
b : ENVIRONMENT,
MILIEU
synonym see BACKGROUND"]
2. FILM IS THE MATRIX OF THE ARTS.
FILM is the art form that
can include all others---the one in which architecture can find radical, unlimited,
and influential expression. [MATRIX: Etymology: Latin ---mater = mother;
a situation or surrounding substance within which something else originates, develops,
or is contained: "Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable
condition, of nearly every form of freedom." ---Benjamin N. Cardozo [www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=matrix]
- TEXTS
Film Architecture: Set Designs from Metropolis to Blade Runner (1996)- Dietrich Neumann. Paperback (September 1999) Prestel USA; ISBN: 3791321633
- Additional readings include selections from:
- Russian Formalist Criticism: Four Essays (1965) by Lee T. Lemon and Marion J. Reis; University of Nebraska Press; ISBN: 0803254601
- Film Form (1949) by Sergei Eisenstein; Harvest Books; ISBN: 0156309203
- The Metropolis of Tommorrow (1929) by Hugh Ferris; Princeton Architectural Press; ISBN: 0910413118
- Somewhere in the Night (1997) by Nicholas Christopher; Henry Holt; ISBN: 0805056998
- PROGRESSION
Week 1: MONTAGE- a. Introduction by Dietrich Neumann, pp. 7-9
- b. "The Explosion of Space: Architecture and the Filmic Imaginary" by Anthony Vidler, pp. 13-25, especially pp. 13-17 (up to "Psycho-Spaces") & pp. 22-24 (note passages about CALIGARI)
- Week 2: STORY & FORM
- a. Section on CALIGARI (1920): pp. 50-57
- b. Biographies of Walter Reimann, Walter Rohrig, and Hermann Warm; pp. 202 & 204
- c. "Film Architecture--Film Architect?!" by Walter Reimann; pp. 189-90
- Week 3: MODERNITY
- a. Section on PLAYTIME (1967): pp. 140-147
- b. Biographies of Jacques Tati and Jacques LaGrange; pp. 203 & 199
- b Watch DVD of THE GLASS HOUSE (2001)
- Week 4: URBAN VISIONS
- a. Section on METROPOLIS (1927); pp. 94-103
- b. Biographies of Otto Hunte and Erich Kettelhut; pp. 198-99
- Week 5: URBAN VISIONS
- a. "Sites of Desire: The Weimar Street Film" by Anton Kaes; pp. 26-33
- b. Section on DIE STRASSE (The Street) (1923); pp. 72-73
- -- in preparation of viewing of BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (1927)
- Week 6: URBAN VISIONS
- a. Compose Log lines for: Metropolis, Kimball Museum of Art, and your studio project
- b. Section on L'INHUMAINE (The Inhuman One) (1924); pp. 80-83
- c. Biography of Robert Mallet-Stevens; p. 200
- Week 7: URBAN VISIONS
- a. Section on THINGS TO COME (1936): pp. 118-121
- b. Biographies of Vincent Korda and Laslzlo Moholy-Nagy; pp. 199 & 201
- Week 8: URBAN VISIONS
- a. Section on BLADE RUNNER (1982); pp. 148-159
- b. "'Like Today, Only More So': The Credible Dystopia of Blade Runner '" by Michael Webb; pp. 44-47
- c Biographies of Syd Mead and Lawrence G. Paull; pp. 200 & 201
- Week 9: BEHIND THE SCENES
- a. Section on LOST HORIZON (1937); pp.122-25
- b. Section on JUST IMAGINE (1930); pp. 112-115
- c Biography of Stephen Goosson; p. 197
- Week 10: SOUND OFF
- a. "Before and after Metropolis: Film Architecture in Search of the Modern City" by Dietrich Neumann; pp. 33-38
- Week 11: BACKSTORY
- a. Section on THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1946); pp.126-133
- b. Biography of Edward Carrere; p. 196
- c "Film Architecture--Today and Tomorrow?" by Walter Reimann; p. 193
- Weeks 12-15: FADE OUT
- Presentation of Student Projects
- COURSE REQUIREMENTS Attendance, Readings, Class Participation, Final Project
- FILMS
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) (1921 USA)
- Directed by Robert Wiene; Writing credits: Hans Janowitz, Carl Mayer
- Sets/Art Direction: Walter Reimann, Walter Rohrig, Hermann Warm
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/dvd/6305075492/tech-info/103-2699666-0131812
- Strike (1925)
- Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein; Writing credits: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305908753/qid=1010861701/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_75_3/002-4594145-4441604- L'Inhumaine (The Inhuman One) (1924)
- Directed by Marcel L'Herbier; Writing Credits: Pierre MacOrlan
- Sets/Art Direction: Robert Mallet-Stevens
- The Last Laugh (1924)
- Directed by F.W. Murnau; Writing credits: Carl Mayer
"The old doorman at the Hotel Atlantis is proud of his job and he does it well - too well."- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005ASOR/qid%3D1002342427/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/104-8081195-0965505
- Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
- Directed by Walter Ruttmann; Writing credits: Karl Freund, Carl Mayer
- "This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night." B/W, Stereo, 62 min.
- DVD includes Opus 1 (Directed by Walther Ruttmann): Germany, 1922, Color, Stereo, 10 min.
- "Director Walther Rutmann's hand-colored film is an exploration of the geometry of movement."
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305301697/qid=1002340967/ref=sr_11_0_1/104-8081195-0965505
- Metropolis (1927)
- Directed by Fritz Lang; Writing credits: Fritz Lang
- Sets/Art Direction: Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl Vollbrecht
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305013578/qid=999474537/sr=1-2/ref=sc_d_2/103-2699666-0131812
- October (Ten Days That Shook the World)
- Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein; Writing credits: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305186774/qid=1002342017/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_3_5/104-8081195-0965505- Sunrise (1927)
- Directed by F.W. Murnau; Writing credits: Hermann Sudermann (story), Carl Mayer
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/dvd/B00003CX6D/tech-info/103-2699666-0131812
- Asphalt (1929)
- Directed by Joe May; Writing credits: Joe May, Hans Székely
- Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
- Directed by Dziga Vertov; Writing credits: Dziga Verto
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305131104/qid%3D1017817054/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/102-5202963-3849733
- Just Imagine (1930)
- Directed by David Butler; Writing credits: Buddy G. DeSylva (as DeSylva) & Lew Brown
- Sets/Art Direction: Stephen Goosson
- Things to Come (1936)
- Directed by William Cameron Menzies; Writing credits: H.G. Wells (also novel The Shape of Things to Come)
- Sets/Art Direction: Vincent Korda
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056NWH/qid=999497125/sr=1-2/ref=sc_d_2/103-2699666-0131812
- Lost Horizon (1937)
- Directed by Frank Capra; Writing Credits: Robert Riskin, Sidney Buchman (uncredited), James Hilton (novel)
- Sets/Art Direction: Stephen Goosson
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305416222/qid%3D1016912162/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/102-5202963-3849733
- Naked City, The (1948)
- Directed by Jules Dassin; Writing credits: Albert Maltz
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IYRJ/qid=999592095/103-2699666-0131812
- The Fountainhead (1949)
- Directed by King Vidor; Writing credits: Ayn Rand (based on her novel, 1934)
- Sets/Art Direction: Edward Carrere
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6301969294/103-2699666-0131812
- Playtime (1967)
- Directed by Jacques Tati; Writing credits: Art Buchwald (additional English dialogue), Jacques Lagrange
- Starring: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, et al.
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005B1ZM/qid=999593212/103-2699666-0131812
- L'Année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad) (1967)
- Directed by Alain Resnais; Writing credits: Alain Resnais, Alain Robbe-Grillet
Black & White, Widescreen- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572524308/qid=1002343141/ref=sr_11_0_1/104-8081195-0965505
- Manhattan (1979)
- Directed by Woody Allen; Writing credits: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, Michael Murphy- Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
- Black & White Widescreen
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792846109/qid=1015223251/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5202963-3849733
- Stardust Memories (1980)
- Directed by Woody Allen; Writing credits: Woody Allen
- Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
- Black & White Widescreen
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792846125/qid=1016911828/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-5202963-3849733
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore: Writing credits: Peter Fernandez (English version) Giuseppe Tornatore
- ww.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305648522/qid%3D1012530479/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/102-5202963-3849733
- Gattaca (1997)
- Directed by Andrew Niccol; Writing credits: Andrew Niccol
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767805712/qid=999592672/103-2699666-0131812
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara; Writing credits: Hironobu Sakaguchi (story)m Al Reinert
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CY5B/qid=999594368/sr=1-2/ref=sc_d_2/103-2699666-0131812
- The Glass House (2001)
- Directed by Daniel Sackheim; Writing credits:Wesley Strick
- www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-5202963-3849733
ADDITIONAL FILMS referred to and/or viewed in part or in full during the course include: Dead End (1937), White Heat (1939), A Night to Remember (1958), Mon Oncle (1958), Tron (1982), 2010 (1984), Men in Black (1997); + WEB & SHORT FILMS: More, Mantis, The Periwig Maker, Copy Shop, Paranoid
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PHOTOGRAPHY/FILM
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), "English-American photographer and motion picture pioneer, known for his photographs of animals and people in motion....He wrote The Horse in Motion (1878) and Animal Locomotion (11 volumes, including 100,000 photographic plates, 1887)."
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Ascending Stairs
Galloping Horse
Joseph Nicéphore Niépcee (1765-1833), "French inventor, who made the first permanent photographic images....In 1826 he successfully made the first surviving permanent photograph, of the courtyard of his house..."
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www.niepce.com/
www.museeniepce.com/indexplorer.html
GENERAL
www.masters-of-photography.com/index.html
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/index.html [American Museum of the Moving Image]
PAINTING
GENERAL
http://artchive.com/
Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)
www.moma.org/docs/collection/paintsculpt/c40.htm
Georges Braque Harbor in Normandy (1909)
Robert Delaunay Champ de Mars: The Red Tower (1911)
Marcel Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase (1911) + Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912)
www.zumbacombo.com/duchamp/nu.html
Umberto Boccioni States of Mind: The Farewells (1911) [Panel 1 of triptych]; Simultaneous Visions (1911)
Giacomo Balla Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912) - Dietrich Neumann. Paperback (September 1999) Prestel USA; ISBN: 3791321633
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