Symposium Ettore Scola - Wake Forest University

Purpose of the Symposium: The present symposium,
entitled “The Cinema of Ettore Scola,” will offer a new look at one
of Italy’s most famous Italian filmmakers and authors (19312016). Its purpose is to gather experts of Italian cinema, of
different backgrounds, who will contribute to the scholarly
understanding of Scola’s cinema and his legacy. The symposium
will serve as a launching platform for a future book publication:
an edited volume of essays on Scola’s cinematographic career.
This volume – the first in English dedicated to Scola – will provide
an analytical overview of how Scola’s films contributed to
subsequent major cinematographic trends and how his films were
(and continue to be) understood in relation to Italian cinema. To
accomplish this ambitious goal, the symposium will bring together
scholars from Italy, France, Canada, the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom and the United States who will provide an eclectic and
original series of case studies. These studies will analyze aspects
of film form, narratives, and the different genres used by Ettore
Scola to explore not only his major interpretive approaches, but
also his collaboration with other major Italian filmmakers and
authors such as Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini
and Dino Risi as well as screenwriters such as Furio Scarpelli,
Cesare Zavattini, Bernardino Zapponi and Ruggero Maccari.
Date: Saturday 22 and Sunday 23, 2016
Location:
Casa Artom
Wake Forest University
Casa Artom - Venice Campus
Dorsoduro 699, 30123, Venezia
Phone: 011 39 041 5222709
[email protected]
www.wakeforestvenice.com
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS: Rémi Lanzoni ([email protected])
Edward Bowen ([email protected])
Conference Speakers:
The Symposium is free and
open to the public. The sessions (held in Italian and/or in
English) will be conducted in a variety of different formats: from
15-20 minute presentations to round table discussions, to
facilitate debate and the participation of the public.
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Gian Piero Brunetta (Università degli Studi di Padova)
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Millicent Marcus (Yale University)
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Jacqueline Reich (Fordham University)
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Jean Gili (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
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Catherine O'Rawe (Bristol University)
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Sergio Rigoletto (University of Oregon)
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Pierre Sorlin (Université Paris III—Sorbonne Nouvelle)
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Christian Uva (Università Roma Tre)
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Andrea Bini (American University of Rome)
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Valerio Caprara (Università di Napoli)
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Linde Luijnenburg (University of Warwick)
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Carlo Mandolini (Collège André-Grasset)
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Mariapia Comand (Università di Udine)
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Vito Zagarrio (Università Roma Tre)
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Rémi Lanzoni (Wake Forest University)
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Fabrizio Cilento (Messiah College)
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Edward Bowen (University of Kansas)
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Nicoletta Marini-Maio (Dickinson College)
SymposiumEttoreScola
Friday21October2016
6:30pm
Screening
Lapiùbellaseratadellamiavita(Dir.EttoreScola,1972)
8:30pm
Lightrefreshments
Saturday22October2016
8–8:45am
CoffeeandPastries
Reception
8:45–9am
9–10.15am
OpeningRemarks
Nostalgia&Place
PierreSorlin UniversitéParisIII
ChristianUva
UniversitàRomaTre
RémiLanzoniandEdwardBowen
Chair:FedericoLuisetti(PanelinItalian)
NostalgiaintheFilmsofEttoreScola
LanostalgianelcinemadiScola
ScolaandDigitalTechnology:FromtheInventionof
Placeto(Video)‘CameraPen’inHistory,Memoryand
InterpretationofthePresent
Scolaelatecnologiadigitale:dall’invenzionedelluogo
alla(video)caméra-stylotrastoria,memoriae
interpretazionedelpresente
SymbolicPlaceintheCinemaofEttoreScola
LasymboliquedulieuchezEttoreScola
(inItalian)
DancingandToastingwiththeMusesatScola’sHouse
BallandoebrindandoconleMuseaCasaScola
(forpresenters)
Chair:EdwardBowen(PanelinEnglish)
ScolaandMaleStardom
10:30-11am
11–11:45am
12–1:45pm
1:45–3:00pm
3:15-4:15pm
CarloMandolini
CollegeGrassetMontreal
COFFEEBREAK
KeynotePresentation
GianPieroBrunetta
UniversitàdiPadova
LUNCH
Stardom&Masculinity
JacquelineReich
FordhamUniversity
FabrizioCilento
MessiahCollege
SergioRigoletto
UniversityofOregon
RoundTable
forWFUstudents
WeAllLovedEachOtherSoMuchandtheEvolutionof
theComedyItalianStyle
TheOddCoupleandtheUndoingofFilmRomance
inASpecialDay
MillicentMarcus&RémiLanzoni
(DiscussioninEnglish)
4:30-5:45pm
Scola’sLegacy
Chair:SergioRigoletto(PanelinEnglish)
EdwardBowen
UniversityofKansas
Screening
MillicentMarcus
YaleUniversity
Scola’sLegacy:AStatesmanforItalianCinema
6:45–8:15pm
8:15pm
BREAK
BANQUET
Sunday23October2016
8:00-9:00am
9:00-10:15am
10:45am-12pm
12:00-1:30pm
1:45-2:45pm
3:00–4:00pm
4:30pm
’43-’97byEttoreScola(9minutes)
TheLongJourneyofaShortFilm:Scola’s’43-‘97
Uncortometraggioconunlungotragitto:’43-’97di
EttoreScola
(forpresenters)
Coffeeandpastries
Commediaall’italianaI
AndreaBini
AmericanUniv.ofRome
RémiLanzoni
WakeForestUniversity
HistoricalRepresentations
JeanGili
UniversitéParisI
VitoZagarrio
UniversitàRomaTre
LUNCHBREAK
Commediaall’italianaII
ValerioCaprara
UniversitàdiNapoli
MariapiaComand
UniversitàdiUdine
ScolaBetweenPoliticsand
Genres
NicolettaMarini-Maio
DickinsonCollege
LindeLuijnenburg
UniversityofWarwick
Aperitivoincentro
Chair:JacquelineReich
ModelsofFatherhoodinEttoreScola’sCinema
PaternitàinScolaenellaCommediaall'italiana
PostmortemIdentification:‘Elogiofunebre’inThe
NewMonsters
Chair:PierreSorlin(PanelinItalian)
EttoreScolaandFrenchHistory
EttoreScolaelastoriadiFrancia
ScolaandHistoryofPostwarItaly
ScolaelastoriadeldopoguerrainItalia
Chair:FedericoLuisetti(PanelinItalian)
Scolavs.Scola
ScolacontroScola
Scola’sTouch:ScolasceneggiatoreperPietrangeli.
Chair:ChristianUva(PanelinEnglish)
SentencedtoDeath:TheProto-BerlusconiofEttore
Scola’sLapiùbellagiornatadellamiavita(1972)
EttoreScolaDeconstructionist:HisPost-Colonialist,
Genre,GenderandCultureCritique
CASA ARTOM, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
The symposium will take place in the magnificent Casa Artom during the
Fall 2016. In 1971 Wake Forest University acquired what was once the
American consulate in Venice. In 1974 the University purchased the
property from the American government, and it was dedicated to the
memory of Dr. Camillo Artom, who had fled Fascist Italy and become a
doctor and biochemical researcher at Wake Forest’s medical school. His
Director of the Venice Program.
The Symposium on Ettore Scola at Casa Artom will offer a brand new study
on Italian cinema. Its central discussion will attempt to answer seminal
questions to gain a more comprehensive vision of the different genres that
Scola used in his filmic career, such as comedy and drama: what is the
inspiration and influence of Scola’s early comedies, satires, and grotesque
parodies? What is the relationship between comedy and narratives? Why
do Scola’s comedies almost always include a minor yet significant dosage
of (un)predictable tragedy? Does Scola’s filmmaking merely represent the
product of literary ingenuity or the visual record of a quotidian human
experience? Do Scola’s tales have any significance with regard to morality,
human psychology, or any other realm of philosophical reflection? Can a
narration or screenplay enlighten the readers/spectators about the
complexities of human struggle? The second goal for the Scola’s Symposium
despite a series of original contributions, is an opportunity for the
intellectual exchange that will create unity, fluidity and points of reference
among the participants’ essays.
ETTORE SCOLA.
Internationally known as a filmmaker and
screenwriter, Ettore Scola’s career includes some of the best known Italian
films such as A Special Day (1977), including Sophia Loren and Marcello
Mastroianni and We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto
amati, 1974). His cinema is often considered unadulterated renderings of
Italian people. His inherent pessimism, a direct result of the changing times
of the 1960s and 1970s, pervaded his films and social vision, heralding a
new type of cinematic anxiety and outrage. When used in comedic
contexts, Scola realized that cynicism, irony, malevolence and cruelty, a
series of devices previously only employed in dramas, triggered the
opposite reaction: humor. Four of Scola’s feature films earned Oscar
nominations: “Una giornata particolare” (A Special Day) in 1977; “I nuovi
mostri” (Viva Italia!) in 1978; “Ballando ballando” (Le Bal) in 1983; and
“La Famiglia” (The Family) in 1988. As a script writer, Scola is considered
like “Il sorpasso” (The Easy Life) and “I mostri” (The Monsters) or “Io la
conoscevo bene” (I Knew Her Well). From his beginnings as a satirical
writer for ‘Marc’Aurelio,’ to his last tribute to his Federico Fellini (How
Strange to be Named Federico), which was presented at the Venice Film
Festival last year, Scola has earned recognition as one of the most
important authors of Italian cinema. In the 1976 Cannes Film Festival,
Scola won Best Director Award for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi and in 1978 the
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film for A Special Day as well as an
Academy Award nomination for the same film. Ettore Scola’s production
includes the following films:
Sepermetteteparliamodidonne(1964)
Lacongiuntura(1965)
L'arcidiavolo(1966)
IlCommissarioPepe(1969)
Permette?RoccoPapaleo(1971)
Lapiùbellaseratadellamiavita(1972)
Trevico-Torino(viaggionelFiat-Nam)(1973)
C'eravamotantoamati(1974)
Signoreesignori,buonanotte(1976)
Bruttisporchiecattivi(1976)
Unagiornataparticolare(1977)
"VivaItalia!"INuoviMostri;1977)
L'ingorgo-Unastoriaimpossibile(1978)
Laterrazza(1980)
Passioned'amore(1981)
LaNuitdeVarennes(1982)
LeBal(1983)
Maccheroni(1985)
Lafamiglia(1987)
Splendor(1988)
Cheoraè?(1989)
IlviaggiodiCapitanFracassa(1990)
Romanzodiungiovanepovero(1995)
Lacena(1998)
Concorrenzasleale(2001)
GentediRoma(2003)
ChestranochiamarsiFederico!(2013)
DIRECTIONS TO CASA ARTOM
FROM THE AIRPORT: There are several ways to get to the city center
from the Venice airport Marco Polo:
WATER TAXI: speedboats docked just outside of the terminal can whisk
up to five passengers and their luggage directly to Casa Artom for
about 110 euros. Call Casa Artom if you intend to arrive this way, as
someone must unlock the Grand Canal entry way.
WATER BUS ALILAGUNA: a large boat that can accommodate around
forty passengers. You must take the “blue line” which passes through
the Lido and San Marco and costs 15 euros. In about one hour and
twenty minutes, it takes you to the Zattere, about 10 minutes walk from
Casa Artom. There is one every hour but check on the website, as the
timetable could vary: http://www.alilaguna.it/
When you get off at the Zattere stop, ask for the Guggenheim Museum,
as Casa Artom is next door.
GROUND TRANSPORT: you can get to Venice via taxi, city bus or
airport blue bus. These take you to Piazzale Roma. From there you
Grand Canal in either direction. Ask for “vaporetto” no. 1 direction
ACCADEMIA. In about 25 minutes you need to get off at the
Accademia vaporetto station, then ask for Guggenheim Museum, which
is next door to Casa Artom. The Guggenheim has a distinctive wrought
iron gate, which forms a right angle with No. 700, Wake Forest’s Casa
Artom.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ETTORE SCOLA
SYMPOSIUM AT CASA ARTOM PLEASE CONTACT
REMI LANZONI ( [email protected] )
We thank our sponsors for their generous support and our collaborators:
Kline Harrison,
Associate Provost for Global Affairs
Michele Gillespie,
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
Rogan Kersh,
Provost
Peter Kairoff,
Director of Casa Artom
Peter Bondanella,
Emeritus Professor, Indiana University
Laura Graziano and Roberta Cimarosti,
Casa Artom