{"id":9185,"date":"2021-01-14T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myuctv.tv\/?p=9185"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:30:44","slug":"disruptive-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/arts-music\/disruptive-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Disruptive Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> “Subversive” is defined as “seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution; disruptive; inflammatory.” Films may be considered aesthetically or culturally subversive, or both. Subversive cinema has been with us since the silent era; early examples include Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation<\/em> (though it wasn’t considered subversive at the time), Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari<\/em>, Benjamin Christensen’s Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages<\/em>, and Luis Buñuel’s notorious L’Age d’Or<\/em>, one of the first films to be widely banned (and still banned today in several countries).<\/p>\n

Many films deemed as disruptive go on to achieve cult status and garner a fervent following. The topic of subversive or transgressive cinema has also received serious consideration by scholars, most notably in Amos Vogel’s seminal study “Film as a Subversive Art,” which catalogues over 600 films that fit the definition, and the more recent “Cult Films” by UC San Diego Professor Allan Havis.<\/p>\n

Just in time to present an alternative option for streaming, UC Santa Barbara’s Carsey-Wolf Center (CWC) is presenting its “Subversives” discussion series, featuring five films spanning 70 years and three countries. The slate ranges from Chaplin’s much-maligned The Great Dictator<\/em> to Parasite<\/em>, the 2019 winner of the Best Picture Academy Award. The series begins with Sorry to Bother You<\/em>, a provocative satire of American capitalism and white corporate culture, and also includes television’s groundbreaking Pee-Wee’s Playhouse<\/em>. By including Pee-Wee Herman’s show, series curator and host Miguel Penabella, a PhD candidate in Film & Media Studies at UCSB, explains that he “wanted to imagine a broader, expansive idea of ‘Subversives’ as well, including films that may be aesthetically or commercially subversive or works that may have generated a cult following,” noting that the Playhouse<\/em> fits the bill.<\/p>\n

Post-screening discussions include conversations with filmmakers, critics, and film scholars, followed by lively Q&A sessions. Films examined include:<\/p>\n

• Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You<\/a> (2018)
\n• Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite<\/a> (2019)
\n• Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator<\/a> (1942)
\n• Pee-Wee Herman’s Pee-Wee’s Playhouse<\/a> (1986-1990)
\n• Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum<\/a> (2019)<\/p>\n

Browse all programs in Subversives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Subversive” is defined as “seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution; disruptive; inflammatory.” Films may be considered aesthetically or culturally subversive, or both. Subversive cinema has been with us since the silent era; early examples include Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (though it wasn’t considered subversive at the time), Robert Wiene’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,799],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}