Popular Italian Cinema: An international conference
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King's College London, UK
27-28-29 May 2009
An AHRC sponsored event
Keynote speakers: Richard Dyer (King’s College London), Barry Forshaw (film critic), Rosalind Galt (Sussex), Giacomo Manzoli (University of Bologna), Elena Mosconi (Cattolica, Milan), Kim Newman (film critic), Christopher Wagstaff (Reading).
This conference seeks to establish the importance of the study of popular Italian cinema. From the origins of the silent feature film and the creation of the star system, Italy has been at the forefront of cinema as a mass cultural phenomenon. The formal incorporation of music, melodrama, and comedy, and the development of the Italian genre system, are integral aspects of Italy’s domestic cultural heritage, responsive to and influential on film internationally.
Research into Italian cinema still needs to shift the paradigms beyond neo-realism and the canonical post-war auteurs. Furthermore, realism and auteurism in Italy can only be fully understood through their position within the rich vein of the wider film culture from which they arose. This conference will provide an opportunity for examining what is meant by the popular in Italian cinema, and for resituating the turning points in world cinema of silent spectacle and neo-realism.
The programme and registration form are available to download at the bottom of the page.
Contact: popitalcinema@kcl.ac.uk
Organised by Louis Bayman, King’s College London and Sergio Rigoletto, University of Reading
27-28-29 May 2009
An AHRC sponsored event
Keynote speakers: Richard Dyer (King’s College London), Barry Forshaw (film critic), Rosalind Galt (Sussex), Giacomo Manzoli (University of Bologna), Elena Mosconi (Cattolica, Milan), Kim Newman (film critic), Christopher Wagstaff (Reading).
This conference seeks to establish the importance of the study of popular Italian cinema. From the origins of the silent feature film and the creation of the star system, Italy has been at the forefront of cinema as a mass cultural phenomenon. The formal incorporation of music, melodrama, and comedy, and the development of the Italian genre system, are integral aspects of Italy’s domestic cultural heritage, responsive to and influential on film internationally.
Research into Italian cinema still needs to shift the paradigms beyond neo-realism and the canonical post-war auteurs. Furthermore, realism and auteurism in Italy can only be fully understood through their position within the rich vein of the wider film culture from which they arose. This conference will provide an opportunity for examining what is meant by the popular in Italian cinema, and for resituating the turning points in world cinema of silent spectacle and neo-realism.
The programme and registration form are available to download at the bottom of the page.
Contact: popitalcinema@kcl.ac.uk
Organised by Louis Bayman, King’s College London and Sergio Rigoletto, University of Reading
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