MADNESS AND MODERNISM: POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR REPORTS

 

FILMS FOR MADNESS SEMINAR

 

ADEL H./ Truffaut 1975/ 97 min (p.11)

AGUIRRE: WRATH OF GOD/Herzog 1972/ 94 min.(p.19)

** THE CANINET OF DR. CALIGARI/

DANCING IN THE DARK/ 1986 Inst Journal women ____

THE DEVILS/ Ken Russell 1978/ 105 min (p.32)

DR. STRANGELOVE/ Kubrick USA 1963/ 101 min (p.46)

EQUUS/ Lumet 1977/ 145 min (p.41)

FITZCARRALDO/ Herzog 1982/ 157 min.

JUAREZ/ Dieterle USA 1939/ 132 min. (p.52)

COCTEAU'S LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES/ Melville 1949/105 min p.14)

** THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE

MAIDSPLAY/ Stazbo 1986? / 81 min (GENET'S PLAY)   (p.84)

** MARAT/SADE

** PERSONA/ Bergman

** THE PIANO /

** RAN/ Kurosawa Japan 1957/ 105 min [KING LEAR]

** REBECCA/ Hitchcock 1946/ 104 min. (p.33)

REPULSION/ Polanski 1965/ 105 min (p.23)

** SPELLBOUND/ Hitchcock

SUNSET BOULEVARD/ Wilder 1950/ 110 min (p. 58)

TAXI DRIVER/ Scorscese

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE/ Bunuel 1976/ 100 min (p.28)

** TWELVE MONKEYS

** WOZZECK

 

OTHER SUBJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN STUDIED:

 

LITERATURE:

 

** THE BELL JAR (SYLVIA PLATH)

** LOVECRAFT

** ARTAUD AND GENET

** HOUSEKEEPING

** THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (GILLMAN)

** POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY (ALICE WALKER)

** NADJA (ANDRE BRETON)

 

ART:  

 

** DUBUFFET

** OTTO DIX/ GEORGE GROSS

** ADOLPH WOLFI

** ORLAN