Italian Cinema and Literature Seminars
Contemporary Italian Cinema and Literature Seminars Spring 2007
Saturdays from 2pm to 6pm
August 18th
September 1st, 15th, 29th
October 13th
Building 19, Room G016
These seminars aim to outline the development of Italian cinema from the end of the Second World War, provide in-depth insights into selected films and explore the interrelationships between contemporary Italian cinema, literature and society.
Films* and related novels:
August 18th: "Il Gattopardo", directed by Luchino Visconti ("Il Gattopardo", by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa).
September 1st: "La vita è bella", directed by Roberto Benigni ("Se questo è un uomo", by Primo Levi).
September 15th: "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso", directed by Giuseppe Tornatore ("Bagheria", by Dacia Maraini).
September 29th: "Mediterraneo", directed by Gabriele Salvatores ("Ossi di seppia" - Mediterraneo - by Eugenio Montale).
October 13th: "Io non ho paura", directed by Gabriele Salvatores ("Io non ho paura", by Niccolò
Ammaniti).
Co-ordinator/Lecturer: dr.Sabrina Leone
phone: 4221 3645
e-mail: sabrina_leone@uow.edu.au
office: 19.2118
*The films are in Italian with subtitles in English.
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