This lecture series by Sabine Nessel (Seminar for Film Studies at the FU Berlin) asks about the relevance of archives for film historical research and sets out into the archive itself to this end. What is the difference between film historiography and film archaeology? What powers are set free when university film studies meet a film institution’s collection? Specific films from the Arsenal archive will be presented, with the concepts of film studies, archive, and difference serving as a guide. In the animal horror classic JAWS (Steven Spielberg, USA 1974), the primal anthropological fear of being eaten is played out effectively before a beach backdrop. The film will be shown as a 35-mm print in the (legendary) German dubbed version. The lecture series runs until February 2017 and is open to anyone interested. (sn) (25.10.)
