Narration and justification in cinema
Lecture series 2011
In the context of the research project “Justification Narratives: The Example of Contemporary Cinema”, the lecture series is dedicated to the question of how narrative and justification relate to each other in different epochs and genres of cinema. Using more or less classic films as examples, the individual lectures will discuss whether and how cinematic narratives contribute – or can contribute – in their own way to the legitimization and/or delegitimization of normative attitudes and orders.
From the perspective of various disciplines, the speakers will be: Astrid Erll (Frankfurt), Daniel Feige (Berlin), Günter Frankenberg (Frankfurt), Josef Früchtl (Amsterdam), Vinzenz Hediger (Frankfurt am Main), Gertrud Koch (Berlin), Robert Pippin (Chicago), Regine Prange (Frankfurt am Main), Juliane Rebentisch (Frankfurt am Main), Jochen Schuff (Frankfurt), Martin Seel (Frankfurt am Main), Christiane Voss (Weimar), Thomas Wartenberg (South Hadley, MA), George Wilson (Los Angeles) and Hans Jürgen Wulff (Kiel).
Program
October 20, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Martin Seel (Frankfurt am Main): Introduction
October 27, 2011, 16.15, HZ9
Vinzenz Hediger (Frankfurt am Main): Wageable and Unwageable Wars
about “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (D: Stanley Kubrick; UK 1964)
November 3, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Martin Seel (Frankfurt am Main: The resilience of neurotic individuals
about “To Be or Not to Be” (directed by Ernst Lubitsch; USA 1942)
November 10, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Gertrud Koch (Berlin): Narrative Legitimization of Affects – Turns of Perspective in Inglourious Basterds
about “Inglourious Basterds” (D: Quentin Tarantino; USA/Germany 2009)
November 17, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Christiane Voss (Weimar): On the Taxis and Affect Logic of the Moving Image in Cinema
about “Sud sanaeha [Blissfully Yours]” (D: Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Thailand/France 2002)
November 24, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Astrid Erll (Frankfurt am Main): Jarhead, Remediation and the Logic of War Cinema Made in Hollywood
about “Jarhead” (D: Sam Mendes; Germany/USA 2005)
November 28, 2011, 6:15 p.m., HZ6
Robert Pippin (Chicago): Passive and Active Skepticism in Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place
about “In a Lonely Place” (R: Nicholas Ray; USA 1950)
December 1, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
George Wilson (Los Angeles): “God is Wrong”: On Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life
about “Bigger Than Life” (dir: Nicholas Ray; USA 1956)
December 8, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Thomas Wartenberg (South Hadley, MA): Narrating History in John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
about “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (R: John Ford; USA 1962)
December 15, 2011, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Jochen Schuff (Frankfurt am Main): Images outside the orders
about “Southland Tales” (D: Richard Kelly; Germany/USA/France 2006)
January 12, 2012, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Günter Frankenberg (Frankfurt am Main): The Story of Qiu Ju
about “Qiu Ju da guan si [The Story of Qiu Ju]” (D: Zhang Yimou; China/Hong Kong 1992)
January 19, 2012, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Regine Prange (Frankfurt am Main): Monsters and Morality – Loyalty and Betrayal in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
about “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (D: Peter Jackson; New Zealand/USA 2001)
January 26, 2012, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Daniel Feige (Berlin): Media autopsy of war – Autopsy of media war. Brian De Palma’s Redacted
about “Redacted” (D: Brian De Palma; USA/Canada 2007)
February 2, 2012, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Juliane Rebentisch (Offenbach am Main): I’m Not There. On the critique of narration and justification in the biopic
about “I’m Not There” (Director: Todd Haynes; USA/Germany 2007)
February 9, 2012, 4:15 p.m., HZ9
Josef Früchtl (Amsterdam): “Because there’s no place that doesn’t see you.” Surveillance and punishment in Minority Report
about “Minority Report” (D: Steven Spielberg; USA 2002)