2011 Programme
Evento n.8
Francesco Piccolo
How to write a screenplay
This event is meant as an opportunity to describe a screenwriting workshop—how to create a story line, what scenes should be turned into a movie, the work of the screenwriter coping with the very concrete kind of writing that movies demand. Above all, the event will investigate the relationship between fiction and moving pictures—not only differences as people often think, but many similarities and common traits. All of this will be explained by means of comparing two fiction writers who share a very cinematic style: Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver. By means of direct comparisons, Francesco Piccolo will show how a story can translate from fiction to cinema, and what the phrase ‘this movie was inspired by a book’ actually means.
is a fiction writer and has been writing screenplays for years. Some of his latest works include: Paz!, directed by R. De Maria (2002); Ovunque sei by M. Placido (2004); Nemmeno in un sogno by G. Greco (2002); Agata e la tempesta (2003) and Giorni e nuvole (2006) by S. Soldini; Caos calmo (2008) by A. Grimaldi; My Name Is Tanino (2002) and La prima cosa bella (2010) by P. Virzì; Il caimano (2006) and Habemus Papam (2011) by N. Moretti. He co-authored the successful tv show Vieni via con me. He contributes articles on politics and cinema to various media. In 1997 he won the Giuseppe Berto and the Piero Chiara literary prizes with his 1996 book Storie di primogeniti e figli unici (Feltrinelli). His latest books are Allegro occidentale (Feltrinelli, 2003); Scrivere è un tic (minimum fax, 2006); L'Italia spensierata (Laterza, 2007); La separazione del maschio (Einaudi, 2008), and Momenti di trascurabile felicità (Einaudi, 2010).
Evento n.6
Zygmunt Bauman
Reflections on the notions of community and network, on social networks and Facebook
Evento n.14
Gian Carlo Calza
Different, eccentric, extraordinary: aesthetics and creativity between Asia and the West
Evento n.26
Franco Borgogno
In other people’s hearts and minds. A psychoanalyst between tradition and creativity
Evento n.37
Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni
A quiet sunny day. Attilio Bertolucci and Pier Paolo Pasolini, a friendship in verse
