Conferences organized by Ludovic Cortade
Stars, Myths and Politics., 2020
According to André Malraux, cinematic myths are the expression of a “collective instinct,” reflec... more According to André Malraux, cinematic myths are the expression of a “collective instinct,” reflecting a society at a given moment of its history. To the viewers, cinema is a mirror-image and a mold of trust and fiducia (Valéry). Cinematic myths are the product of a historical context: as André Bazin put it, every film is a “social documentary” revealing our beliefs, our aspirations, and our dreams throughout history.
Myths are incarnated by actors on the screen: movie stars like Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Gabin, Greta Gardo, Marlon Brando or Catherine Deneuve form idealized images. To study the stars and the myths of cinema is, therefore, to analyze the way in which films generate and reflect collective beliefs validated by the public.
In this Masterclass, participants will discuss myths in cinema as the main entry point to politics in a global context. Students will analyze film form, narratives, aesthetics and critical texts through the lens of models of nation, class, ethnicity and gender in French society.
In light of landmark films and key theoretical texts, students will analyze how the first generation of French directors and film critics (Canudo, Delluc, Malraux, Bazin, Morin) laid the foundations of the mythical function of cinema.
Students will also discuss how the birth of a new generation of French actors, directors and theorists in the second half of the 20th century debunked the collective beliefs and the ideology underlying stardom. Barthes’s “mythologies,” Brecht’s “distancing,” Godard’s iconoclasm and the Marxist stance of the Cahiers du cinéma film critics all called into question the “mythical” representations of nation, class, gender and ethnicity in French cinema.
The moviegoers and the citizens of France then ushered in an “age of suspicion,” which was twofold: the desacralization of the film industry brought on by the advent of television and the dissemination of stardom through social media went hand in hand with the crisis of collective beliefs and confidence that characterized politics in France at the turn of the 21st century. The dusk of stardom paved the way for nostalgic intertextuality, pastiche and irony.
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Programme du colloque " Penser la littérature et le cinéma à travers la culture visuelle "
Pro... more Programme du colloque " Penser la littérature et le cinéma à travers la culture visuelle "
Program of the " Thinking Literature and Film Through Visual Culture Conference "
12-13-14 avril 2018
Maison de la Recherche de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
4 rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris
Publié chez Peter Lang en décembre 2021. Voir le lien.
Papers by Ludovic Cortade
Cet article analyse l'influence exercée par l'historiographie française sur la conception du ciné... more Cet article analyse l'influence exercée par l'historiographie française sur la conception du cinéma développée par André Bazin. Sur la base de documents d'archives et de l'analyse de ses textes critiques, il s'agit de mettre en évidence la façon dont le critique est influencé par l'historiographie de Lavisse lorsqu'il commente les films à la fois sous l'angle de l'unité et de l'identité nationales. L'analyse fait cependant apparaître que Bazin est avant tout un héritier de l'École des Annales, ce qu'il manifeste en s'intéressant aux mentalités, ainsi qu'au « temps long » et aux résurgences du passé, tout en reprenant l'intérêt manifesté par March Bloch et Lucien Febvre pour la géographie et la géologie.
Books by Ludovic Cortade
The Cinema of Louis Malle : Transatlantic Auteur, 2018
A Companion to François Truffaut, 2013
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Conferences organized by Ludovic Cortade
Myths are incarnated by actors on the screen: movie stars like Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Gabin, Greta Gardo, Marlon Brando or Catherine Deneuve form idealized images. To study the stars and the myths of cinema is, therefore, to analyze the way in which films generate and reflect collective beliefs validated by the public.
In this Masterclass, participants will discuss myths in cinema as the main entry point to politics in a global context. Students will analyze film form, narratives, aesthetics and critical texts through the lens of models of nation, class, ethnicity and gender in French society.
In light of landmark films and key theoretical texts, students will analyze how the first generation of French directors and film critics (Canudo, Delluc, Malraux, Bazin, Morin) laid the foundations of the mythical function of cinema.
Students will also discuss how the birth of a new generation of French actors, directors and theorists in the second half of the 20th century debunked the collective beliefs and the ideology underlying stardom. Barthes’s “mythologies,” Brecht’s “distancing,” Godard’s iconoclasm and the Marxist stance of the Cahiers du cinéma film critics all called into question the “mythical” representations of nation, class, gender and ethnicity in French cinema.
The moviegoers and the citizens of France then ushered in an “age of suspicion,” which was twofold: the desacralization of the film industry brought on by the advent of television and the dissemination of stardom through social media went hand in hand with the crisis of collective beliefs and confidence that characterized politics in France at the turn of the 21st century. The dusk of stardom paved the way for nostalgic intertextuality, pastiche and irony.
Program of the " Thinking Literature and Film Through Visual Culture Conference "
12-13-14 avril 2018
Maison de la Recherche de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
4 rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris
Publié chez Peter Lang en décembre 2021. Voir le lien.
Papers by Ludovic Cortade
Books by Ludovic Cortade
Myths are incarnated by actors on the screen: movie stars like Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Gabin, Greta Gardo, Marlon Brando or Catherine Deneuve form idealized images. To study the stars and the myths of cinema is, therefore, to analyze the way in which films generate and reflect collective beliefs validated by the public.
In this Masterclass, participants will discuss myths in cinema as the main entry point to politics in a global context. Students will analyze film form, narratives, aesthetics and critical texts through the lens of models of nation, class, ethnicity and gender in French society.
In light of landmark films and key theoretical texts, students will analyze how the first generation of French directors and film critics (Canudo, Delluc, Malraux, Bazin, Morin) laid the foundations of the mythical function of cinema.
Students will also discuss how the birth of a new generation of French actors, directors and theorists in the second half of the 20th century debunked the collective beliefs and the ideology underlying stardom. Barthes’s “mythologies,” Brecht’s “distancing,” Godard’s iconoclasm and the Marxist stance of the Cahiers du cinéma film critics all called into question the “mythical” representations of nation, class, gender and ethnicity in French cinema.
The moviegoers and the citizens of France then ushered in an “age of suspicion,” which was twofold: the desacralization of the film industry brought on by the advent of television and the dissemination of stardom through social media went hand in hand with the crisis of collective beliefs and confidence that characterized politics in France at the turn of the 21st century. The dusk of stardom paved the way for nostalgic intertextuality, pastiche and irony.
Program of the " Thinking Literature and Film Through Visual Culture Conference "
12-13-14 avril 2018
Maison de la Recherche de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3
4 rue des Irlandais
75005 Paris
Publié chez Peter Lang en décembre 2021. Voir le lien.