2011 Programme
Evento n.27
Giuseppe Bertolucci, Emanuele Trevi
In words and pictures: cinema and literature
In the current development stage of the so-called ‘entertainment society,’ the long and adventurous relationship between cinema and literature seems to demand a radical rethinking. The Hollywood industry of entertainment, as well as Italian cinema, keep digging into the inexhaustible gold mine of literature looking for effective plots, characters and situations capable of triggering the identification mechanism. Transferring a story from the pages of a book to a screenplay is a complex undertaking that offers rich opportunities but is also fraught with difficulties. It is a model of world knowledge, an aesthetic challenge, a utopian endeavor based upon the dream of unifying the arts—ultimately, an experiment open to many surprises in the future.
film director and author of many tv, cinema and theater screenplays, has has his début as a film director in 1971 with I poveri muoiono prima. He has cooperated with his brother Bernardo, the filmmaker, in writing the screenplay for Novecento. In 1977 he adapted R. Benigni’s performance Berlinguer ti voglio bene, for the moving pictures. Together with V. Cerami, Bertolucci has written Segreti segreti (1984). Other screenplays include TuttoBenigni (1986), Amori in corso (1989), Il dolce rumore della vita (1999), and L’amore probabilmente (2001). This year, Bompiani published his book Cose da dire.
is a writer and literary critic. His most famous books include I cani del nulla. Una storia vera (Einaudi, 2003), Senza verso. Un’estate a Roma (Laterza, 2005), Qualcosa di scritto (Ponte alle Grazie, 2012) and Il viaggio iniziatico («i Libri del Festival della Mente», Laterza, 2013). He translated and edited the edition of The Little Prince published by Newton Compton (2015). He collaborates with Radio 3 and writes for Corriere della Sera and il manifesto.
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
