Events

Cinema and Modernity

A symposium featuring Francesco Casetti, Ben Singer, Miriam Hansen, Tom Gunning & others

<p>The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928)</p>

When:: February 6, 2006 - February 8, 2006, Daily, 12:00am - 12:00am
Description:: This symposium deals with the varied relations between film, modernism as an art movement, and modernity as a social fact. Schedule of Events: Sunday, February 5 at 7 pm Screening of The Crowd (King Vidor, 1928) with live piano accompaniment provided by David Drazin. Introduction by Tom Gunning. Monday, February 6 starting at 10:30 am 10:30 am to 1:00 pm - Opening remarks by Tom Gunning (University of Chicago), followed by presentation by Francesco Casetti (University Cattolica of Milan), author of Inside the Gaze: The Fiction Film and its Spectator and Theories of Cinema, 1945-1995 Respondents: Miriam Hansen (University of Chicago) and Ben Singer (University of Wisconsin-Madison)