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IC assistant-director Marie-Laure Oscarson is joined by Professors Jane Hinckley and Dennis Cutchins. In this episode, we discuss the latest adaptation of Emma in the context of the changes in the socio-economic realities of the English 19th-century society. The professors explain why this novel is still popular today, define how adaptations differ from remakes, and underline what this 2020 adaptation achieves.
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IC co-director Doug Weatherford speaks with film professor Dean Duncan about Auteur Cinema in the films of Truffaut, Hitchcock, and Buñuel, with particular emphasis on The 400 Blows, Psycho, and Los olvidados.
Dr. Dennis Perry sets up Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) so that viewers can watch the movie as Hitchcock intended, spoiler-free. The distribution of this film changed how people attend the cinema, as its twists and turns are best appreciated with as little prior knowledge as possible. Dr. Perry split the lecture into two parts, with the later to be watched after viewing the film.
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IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford as well as IC assistant director Marie-Laure Oscarson review the films and themes of the upcoming Winter 2021 International Cinema schedule.
While we are all grounded, for the time being, we can still travel the world this year by viewing some of the best in international film! Each week this semester, IC will offer several feature films and documentaries online through our Hummedia collection.
Our collection on Hummedia will be available to current faculty, students, and staff with a BYU Net ID. Each user will need to sign up individually to gain access to this collection. After signing up via the form below, users will have access to films during the week they would normally be screened.
The following information is important to note regarding this new aspect of the International Cinema program:
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at int-cinema@byu.edu
Thank you for your continued support and participation!
BYU International Cinema
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IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford as well as IC assistant director Marie-Laure Oscarson discuss the Fall 2020 semester, it’s challenges, it’s films, and the upcoming semester.
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IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford discuss The Eternal Feminine (2017, dir. Natalia Beristáin), a fictionalized biopic of Rosario Castellanos, one of Mexico’s most significant writers and one of its first feminists.
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This week, IC assistant-director Marie-Laure Oscarson and co-director Doug Weatherford are joined by Professor Valerie Hegstrom (Spanish & Portuguese) to discuss this week’s films, which focus on the experiences of different women during times of war.
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This week, former IC Director Chip Oscarson is joined by Professors Quinn Mecham (Political Science) and Seth Jeppesen (Classics) to discuss this week’s films Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Iphigenia.
In this episode they talk about the intersection of democracy and art. What do ancient dramatist and contemporary filmmakers understand about art and maintaining a healthy democracy?
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2:10 Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Professor of Classics, Dr. Roger Macfarlane speaks about Michael Cacoyannis’s classic adaptation, Iphegenia (1977). While breaking down each character in the play, Dr. Macfarlane suggests keeping an eye on the visual framing devices used for certain characters and how the film uses these frames to present its own interpretation of Euripides’ tragedy. It is this interpretation that also helps make sense of why Cacoyannis would choose to shoot this play in 1977 Greece.