<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;border-collapse:collapse;border:0px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px 18px;color:rgb(96,96,96);line-height:22.5px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:50px;letter-spacing:-1px"><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear all, </font></span></h1><div>Please join us for the next Sydney Screen Studies Network Event. </div><div><br></div><div>Screening: Russian Ark (2002)</div><div>Friday 1st May, 4-6.30pm</div><div>Room 327, Robert Webster Building, UNSW Kensington Campus, Sydney</div><div><br></div><div>For more information visit <strong style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;line-height:15px;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><a href="http://wordpress.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=874f88bf15b1c1cd4ee175472&id=f9e8cdfb72&e=c3822a2380" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(109,198,221);word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal">sydneyscreenstudies.wordpress.com</a></strong></div><div><br></div><h1 style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:40px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:50px;letter-spacing:-1px"><span style="font-size:20px"><br></span></h1><h1 style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:40px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:50px;letter-spacing:-1px"><span style="font-size:20px">Screening: <em><span class="">Russian</span> <span class="">Ark</span></em> (2002)</span></h1><h3 style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;letter-spacing:-0.5px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(255,140,0)">Friday 1st May, 4 - 6.30pm</span><br>Room 327, Robert Webster Building, UNSW, Sydney</span></h3><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Alexander Sokurov’s <em><span class="">Russian</span> <span class="">Ark</span></em> explores nostalgia, rapid change and ‘Europeanness’ by weaving its narrative through 300 years of <span class="">Russian</span> history. The film broke records by using a single, constantly travelling long take that spans the entire 99-minute running time. Throughout, the camera follows behind a man, identified only as ‘the European’, whose frequent direct address to the camera breaks down and rebuilds the fourth wall, also inviting the viewer’s active participation in Sokurov’s fluid presentation of history. The grand scale and unusual production challenges with which the film was produced opens up questions of how Sokurov’s complex choreography of the camera complicates the co-ordination of the mise-en-scene it captures. In this screening, we will also discuss:</p><ul style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px"><li style="margin-left:15px">How does the unbroken tracking shot affect the viewer’s perception of realism?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">What kind of relationship between viewer and screen does this create?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Does Sokurov’s film offer an advance towards the cinematic dream of continual subjective narration?</li><li style="margin-left:15px">What kind of image of history does Sokurov provide us with?</li></ul><p style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><strong>Melanie Robson</strong> is a Ph.D. candidate and tutor at UNSW in the School of the Arts & Media. Her thesis investigates the aesthetic, politcal and ethical role of the long take in contemporary European cinema. <strong><a href="mailto:m.robson@unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">m.robson@unsw.edu.au</a></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px 18px"><table border="0" cellpadding="18" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border:1px solid rgb(153,153,153);border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(235,235,235)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:15px;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-size:15px"><span style="font-size:13px">Refreshments will be served during the seminar.<br><br>For further details on the Sydney Screen Studies program, please contact <br><a href="mailto:sydneyscreenstudies@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(109,198,221);word-wrap:break-word"><strong>sydneyscreenstudies@gmail.com</strong></a> or visit <strong><a href="http://wordpress.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=874f88bf15b1c1cd4ee175472&id=f9e8cdfb72&e=c3822a2380" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(109,198,221);word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal">sydneyscreenstudies.wordpress.com</a></strong></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica;padding:9px 18px;color:rgb(96,96,96);font-size:11px;line-height:13.75px"><em>Copyright © 2015 Sydney Screen Studies Network, All rights reserved.</em><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><b>Phoebe Macrossan</b></font><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><i><br></i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><i>Ph.D. Candidate | Sessional Tutor</i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><i>Sydney Screen Studies Network<br><br></i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA<br>E: <a href="mailto:phoebe.macrossan@gmail.com" target="_blank">phoebe.macrossan@gmail.com</a><br>W: <a href="http://unsw.academia.edu/PhoebeMacrossan" target="_blank">unsw.academia.edu/PhoebeMacrossan</a></font><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1553349144902834/" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B2sv0kGJtZCqLVI4bXRSZE1LNzA&revid=0B2sv0kGJtZCqOUZKRDRQbEpsUHVpUGE3RWtSd3ZVZkJRSDdRPQ" alt="" width="200" height="75"></a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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