The Classical World in Silent Cinema
Saturday 31st January 2015
10.00 – 15.45, Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum
Free, booking essential
Cinema has been fascinated with the classical world ever since it emerged as a modern technology. This event will feature screenings of a substantial number of silent films set in ancient Greece or Rome with piano accompaniment, and discussion of them with Maria Wyke (UCL), Pantelis Michelakis (U. of Bristol), Nick Lowe (RHUL), Bryony Dixon (BFI) and British Museum staff.
book here:
http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/booking/invt/mevsd1silcine#book-now<http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/booking/invt/mevsd1silcine%23book-now>
There will be three sessions comprising screenings (and short discussions) of
· early films from 1898 to 1910 (inc. scenes of the temptation of St Antony, the anger of the goddess Diana; the secret love of a Roman vestal; the pleasures of the emperor Heliogabalus);
· short historical and mythic narratives from 1910 and 1911 (inc. the suffering of a Byzantine general; a poisoner at work in the court of Nero; Helen and Paris in love at Troy);
· films of antiquity in modern contexts from around 1913 (inc. excursions to ancient ruins; modern ‘Greek’ dance; the Roman emperor on the modern stage).
For any further inquiries, contact Maria Wyke ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr Paul Rixon
Principal Lecturer in Media and Culture
Department of Media, Culture and Languages
University of Roehampton | London | SW15 5PJ
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