Offscreen Notes
Télé-Utopie : Godard, Rohmer, Rossellini, Ruiz
The following series has been programmed by Viva Paci (Université de Montréal) and Karine Boulanger (Cinémathèque Québécoise), with financial and grant assistance from The Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal, The René Malo Chair, the National Audiovisual Institute (INA), the online film journal Hors Champ and the Art History and Film Studies Department of University of Montreal. All proceedings (introductions, round table panels) are conducted in French.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 7PM: Mai en décembre (Godard en Abitibi), Julie Perron, Qué., 2000, + La Dernière Utopie : La télévision selon Rossellini, Jean-Louis Comolli, Fr., 2006. Introduced by Viva Paci (UdM) and Paul Tana UQAM)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 7PM: France Tour Détour Deux Enfants (episodes 1 to 4), Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Fr., 1979. Introduced by André Habib (UdM and online journal Hors Champ)
Wednesday, Janaury, 2008, 7PM: France Tour Détour Deux Enfants (episodes 5 to 8), Godard, Miéville, Fr., 1979
Friday, Janaury 25, 2008, 7PM: France Tour Détour Deux Enfants (episodes 9 to 12), Godard, Miéville, Fr., 1979
Wednesday, Janaury 30, 2008, 7PM: Petit Manuel d’histoire de France (part 1 and 2), Raúl Ruiz, Fr., 1979
Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 7PM: “Éric Rohmer et la télévision pédagogique, 1964-1965 », Les cabinets de physique: la vie de société au XVIIIe siècle; Les histoires extraordinaires d’Edgar Poe; Perceval ou le conte du Graal; Les “caractères” de La Bruyère
Friday, February 8, 2008, 7PM: Ville nouvelle (episodes 1 and 2), Rohmer, Fr., 1975
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 7PM: Ville nouvelle (episodes 3 and 4), Rohmer, Fr., 1975
Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 7PM: Socrate, Roberto Rossellini, It.-Fr.-Esp., 1970. Introduced by Adriano Aprà (Fondation Rossellini et Università di Roma 2)
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 1PM: Round Table on Roberto Rossellini and television, with Adriano Aprà (Fondation Rossellini and Università di Roma 2), Elena Dagrada (Università di Milano), Stefano Roncoroni (director and independent researcher), Viva Paci (UdM) : Roberto Rossellini placed great hope in television as a medium to reflect and transform the world. This round table will be an occasion to discover these television works and discuss the elements which the project as a whole share: namely a didactic and encyclopedic approach to human history. Admission is free.
Thursday, February 28, 6:30pm: India Matri Bhumi, Rossellini, It.-Fr., 1959. Introduction by Elena Dagrada (Università di Milano)
Friday, February 29, 2008, 7PM: Blaise Pascal, Rossellini, Fr.-It., 1972. Introduction by Stefano Roncoroni (director and independent researcher, Roma)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 7PM: La Prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV, Rossellini, Fr., 1966
Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 7PM: Cartesio (Descartes), Rossellini, It., 1974
Friday, March 21, 2008, 8:30PM: The Age of the Medici: Cosimo de’ Medici, Rossellini, It., 1972
Saturday, March 22, 2008, 7PM: The Age of the Medici: The Power Of Cosimo, Rossellini, It., 1972
Friday, March 28, 2008, 8:30PM: The Age of Cosimo de’ Medici: Leon Battista Alberti, Humanist, Rossellini, It., 1972
Click here for an introductory essay on the program by Viva Paci and Karine Boulanger.
