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The project and the forms of political cinema one hundred years after the October Revolution | CINEREVOLUTION17

13 November 2017

Marie Rebecchi during the symposium: The project and the forms of political cinema one hundred years after the October Revolution, November 13th, 2017. La Galleria Nazionale, Rome. Ph. Alma Mileto Symposium: The project and the forms of political cinema one hundred years after the October Revolution, November 13th, 2017. La Galleria Nazionale, Rome. Ph. Alma Mileto Elena Vogman and Dario Cecchi during the symposium: The project and the forms of political cinema one hundred years after the October Revolution, November 13th, 2017. La Galleria Nazionale, Rome. Ph. Alma Mileto Symposium: The project and the forms of political cinema one hundred years after the October Revolution, November 13th, 2017. La Galleria Nazionale, Rome. Ph. Alma Mileto

Curated by Pietro Montani

November 13th, 2017 from 9.30 am to 7.00 pm
La Galleria Nazionale, viale delle Belle Arti 131, Rome
Free entrance

Programme of symposium:

9.30 am – Introduction
Cristiana Collu, Vincenzo Vita
10.00 am
Chair Roberto De Gaetano (University of Calabria)
Alessia Cervini (University of Palermo)
Revolutions, slippings, regressions. Notes on S.M. Eisenstein's "philosophy of history" 
Antonio Somaini (Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Editing and materialism in Eistenstein and Vertov
Pause
Marie Rebecchi (University of Udine / Paris 3)
1917-2017: showing Eisenstein, re-editing Soviet cinema
Debate
Pause
3.00 pm
Chair Dario Cecchi (Sapienza University of Rome)
Marco Maria Gazzano (Roma Tre University)
From Cine Eye to Cybercinema: Dziga Vertov's theoretical view on the future and on politics 
Elena Vogman (Berlin Freie Universität)
Ejzenštein’s Capital: Cinema beyond the stars
Ada Ackerman (Paris CNRS)
The two Sergej Michajlovič: Ejzenštein and Tret'jakov. The Power of Attractions, Expressivity and Facts
Open debate
Pietro Montani – Conclusion
5.30 pm
Screening of the film The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) by Lev Vladimirovič Kulešov, introduced by Pietro Montani

The symposium will focus on the interpolations of Eisenstein's and Vertov's styles,  with specific attention to editing and materialism, theoretical principles of “Philosophy of History" and precursory examples of modern Cybercinema.
This day will start the events devoted to the celebrations of the Centenary of October Revolution, curated by Pietro Montani and Giovanni Spagnoletti, organized by Fondazione Archivio Audiovisivo Movimento Operaio e Democratico (AAMOD), Fondazione Istituto Gramsci.

In collaboration with: Casa del Cinema, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Cineteca Nazionale, La Galleria Nazionale, Nomas Foundation
With the patronage of: Sapienza University of Rome - Philosophy and Art History and Performing Arts departments, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Roma Tre University - Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts departments

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