Between Politics and Aesthetics: Revolutionary Film Series April 11 - May 9

Between Politics and Aesthetics: Revolutionary Film Series April 11 - May 9 A film series on revolution organized by the NYU French, Italian, Comparative Literature, and Psychology departments

This film series looks at the revolutionary film as a particular genre of cinema. There is a conspicuous lack of attention given to revolutionary films among film scholars and theorists, a lack which is all the more surprising when one considers that the revolutionary genre presents a number of general theoretical questions concerning narrative, history, the revolutionary event, and the political

importance of aesthetic works. We hope to fill this absence by focusing on films presenting diverse revolutionary moments, in various geographical and historical settings. This spatial and temporal diversity will bring together a series of films that chose different ways to negotiate the inherent ambiguities of revolution as a historical phenomenon, as well as the formal difficulties of cinematically representing it. April 11:
The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1967)
Speaker: David Forgacs (Italian Department, NYU)

April 18:
Shorts on the Egyptian Revolution by The Mosireen Collective (2011)
Speaker: Alya El Hosseiny (MEIS Department, NYU)

Frontline: Syria Behind the Lines (2013)
Speaker: To be confirmed

April 25:
No by Pablo Larraín (2012)
Speaker: Ana Dopico (Comparative Literature & Spanish Departments, NYU)

May 2:
The Last Command by Josef von Sternberg (1928)
Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein (1925)
Speaker: To be confirmed

May 9:
The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer (2012)
Speaker: Joshua Oppenheimer (via Skype)
*Screening begins at 2:00PM

Tomorrow, at 2:00. Make sure to grab a seat before it will be sold out... ;-)
05/08/2014

Tomorrow, at 2:00. Make sure to grab a seat before it will be sold out... ;-)

We try to convince you with some British accent now. What an extraordinary thing!
05/07/2014

We try to convince you with some British accent now. What an extraordinary thing!

The Act of Killing - the Guardian Film Show review Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD In an episode from this week's Guardian Film Show,...

Prof. Cristina Vatulescu from NYU Comparative Literature will moderate the Q&A with the "The Act of Killing" director Jo...
05/05/2014

Prof. Cristina Vatulescu from NYU Comparative Literature will moderate the Q&A with the "The Act of Killing" director Joshua Oppenheimer, who will also present for us his film via Skype.

Prof. Vatulescu's current project is a "cross-cultural exploration of the interplay of documents and fictions in twentieth century cinema, literature, as well as in legal texts and practices."
Her most recent installment of the project was published in "Law and Literature", with the title "The Face to Face Encounter of Art and Law:’ Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-up."

Date: Friday May 9

2:00 --> Screening of the director's cut version of "The Act of Killing"

5:00 --> Presentation and Q&A with Joshua Oppenheimer

Location: 19 University Place, Room 102.

Wine, Beer & Food will be offered, before, during and after the screening.

Rendez-vous at the square today...
04/18/2014

Rendez-vous at the square today...

A song by Ramy Essam

Friday's speech before the shorts on the Egyptian Revolution is by Alya El Hosseiny. Be prepared...
04/16/2014

Friday's speech before the shorts on the Egyptian Revolution is by Alya El Hosseiny. Be prepared...

Michael Collins Speech

You're probably all wondering what, after all, is the point of Revolution....
04/15/2014

You're probably all wondering what, after all, is the point of Revolution....

Clip 17 of 19 "What's the point of a revolution without general copulation?"

Did you know there is 70% chance of rain this evening?Delicious snacks neatly arranged on the table and drinks chillin' ...
04/11/2014

Did you know there is 70% chance of rain this evening?

Delicious snacks neatly arranged on the table and drinks chillin' in the fridge... It's movie time! We're starting in 10 mins.

Prof. David Forgacs from Italian Studies NYU will briefly introduce the screening of "The Battle of Algiers" today at 5:...
04/11/2014

Prof. David Forgacs from Italian Studies NYU will briefly introduce the screening of "The Battle of Algiers" today at 5:00.
Prof. Forgacs was one of the contributors of the "Interventions" special issue (Volume 9, issue 3, November 2007) dedicated to Pontecorvo's masterpiece. His article is entitled "Italians in Algiers."
He is the editor of "The Antonio Gramsci Reader" (NYU, 2000) and his last book is the forthcoming "Italy's Margins: Social Exclusion and Nation Formation since 1861" (Cambridge, May 2014).

Why are you attending today's screening of "The Battle of Algiers" ?
04/11/2014

Why are you attending today's screening of "The Battle of Algiers" ?

"And you get juice." Drinks and snacks at tomorrow screening of "The Battle of Algiers", don't forget!
04/10/2014

"And you get juice."
Drinks and snacks at tomorrow screening of "The Battle of Algiers", don't forget!

"Esprit de foi dans le développement naturel de l'histoire" JR
04/09/2014

"Esprit de foi dans le développement naturel de l'histoire" JR

A short scene from the great 1938 film about the French Revolution "La Marseillaise", directed by Jean Renoir. La Garde nationale begins their march to Paris...

Don't tell us about revolution
04/08/2014

Don't tell us about revolution

«Rod Steiger and James Coburn will blow you apart in A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck You Sucker) by the master of adventure Sergio Leone»

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