Art Cinema and Persona

Issues in Film Studies 2Week 2

Art Cinema vs Hollywood Cinema

Narrative Plot CharactersThemes Content Ideology

Mise-en-scène Settings RealismEditing Techniques Devices

Origins The Auteur AudiencesCritics Economic goals

Marketing Systems of production

[Titles of relevant films]

Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (1966)

How does Persona use and violate aspects of classical or mainstream cinema?

Does Persona fit your preconceptions of what art cinema is or does?

How does our experience of and familiarity with classical or mainstream cinema shape our experience of Persona?

Making sense of Persona

What do you think the film is trying to do, and why?

How is Bergman’s authorship demonstrated or felt?

Does the figure of the ‘auteur’ help us to make sense of the film?