Origins of Horror!
August 1st 2009 05:02
David Stratton and the origins of the horror film
The AFTRS is hosting David Stratton’s famous Study Sundays – full day investigations into cinematic subjects. The first two Study Sundays this year have taken an indepth look at the little master CharlieChaplin and his first forays into cinema and the extraordinary career of Cecil B DeMille.
Next Sunday August 9 David will present his insights into:
‘The origins of the horror film’ exploring the growth and development of the horror genre from the silent era to the first very sound era examples, with special emphasis on the work of Lon Chaney (The Man of a Thousand Faces).'
The course looks firstly at the beginnings of the horror movie probably the most popular and enduring genre. It was in early German cinema when Central European fantasies such as The Student of Prague and The Golem were adapted into films. It was in Germany, too, that such seminal horror films as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu were made.
Includes three features screened in full.
Starting 9.30am and running through to 7.30pm.
Visit the
CCE website for more information (type horror in search engine) or to register your place:
Trivia: Lon Chaney's parents were both deaf-mutes.
Trivia 2: His only 'talkie' was a remake of an earlier film - THE UNHOLY THREE (1930) completed the same year as his death.
Source: CCE website, AFTRS bulletin
The AFTRS is hosting David Stratton’s famous Study Sundays – full day investigations into cinematic subjects. The first two Study Sundays this year have taken an indepth look at the little master CharlieChaplin and his first forays into cinema and the extraordinary career of Cecil B DeMille.
The course looks firstly at the beginnings of the horror movie probably the most popular and enduring genre. It was in early German cinema when Central European fantasies such as The Student of Prague and The Golem were adapted into films. It was in Germany, too, that such seminal horror films as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu were made.
Includes three features screened in full.
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Visit the
CCE website for more information (type horror in search engine) or to register your place:
Trivia: Lon Chaney's parents were both deaf-mutes.
Trivia 2: His only 'talkie' was a remake of an earlier film - THE UNHOLY THREE (1930) completed the same year as his death.
Source: CCE website, AFTRS bulletin
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