Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - All Day Event
Wednesday, March 29th
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Public lecture by Claudia Sbuttoni (UNH):
"Cinema is the Most Powerful Weapon: Film under Italian Fascism"
2PM - Conant Hall 113
A talk on how the Italian fascist regime understood the potential of cinema and used film/film institutions to exercise cultural and political power.
"Cinema is the Most Powerful Weapon: Film under Italian Fascism"
2PM - Conant Hall 113
A talk on how the Italian fascist regime understood the potential of cinema and used film/film institutions to exercise cultural and political power.
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Tenebre
4PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Dario Argento • 1982 • Italy • 101 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, John Saxon, Giuliano Gemma, Carola Stagnaro
**Introduction and presentation by Damien Pollard (Cambridge University)
Ironically set in a brightly lit futuristic Rome, this film marks Argento’s return from the spirit world to the thriller. It tells the story of an American mystery writer in Rome to promote his book who gets drawn into the hunt for a serial killer who commits his crimes in broad daylight in a society that appears largely uninterested.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/tenebre/
Restored in 4k in 2022 with elements provided by Titanus by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.
4PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Dario Argento • 1982 • Italy • 101 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, John Saxon, Giuliano Gemma, Carola Stagnaro
**Introduction and presentation by Damien Pollard (Cambridge University)
Ironically set in a brightly lit futuristic Rome, this film marks Argento’s return from the spirit world to the thriller. It tells the story of an American mystery writer in Rome to promote his book who gets drawn into the hunt for a serial killer who commits his crimes in broad daylight in a society that appears largely uninterested.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/tenebre/
Restored in 4k in 2022 with elements provided by Titanus by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.
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Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror)
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau • 1922 • Germany • 95 min • language: silent with English intertitles
Starring Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Gustav von Wangenheim
with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis (UNH)
**Introduction by Wenjin Cui (UNH)
Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), this expressionist work is considered one of the most influential films of the silent era. The disturbing appearance of the vampire relies on careful use of light and shadow, creepy costuming choices, and an iconic performance by Max Schreck.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/nosferatu-eine-symphonie-des-grauens/
Restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française and Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv Berlin/Koblenz at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau • 1922 • Germany • 95 min • language: silent with English intertitles
Starring Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Gustav von Wangenheim
with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis (UNH)
**Introduction by Wenjin Cui (UNH)
Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), this expressionist work is considered one of the most influential films of the silent era. The disturbing appearance of the vampire relies on careful use of light and shadow, creepy costuming choices, and an iconic performance by Max Schreck.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/nosferatu-eine-symphonie-des-grauens/
Restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française and Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv Berlin/Koblenz at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory
