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The angelic figure in the contemporary imagination

2 May 2009, 15.00 - Università, Mediateca
 

The angelic figure in the contemporary imagination

curated by Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
in collaboration with Biblioteca Universitaria Reggio Emilia
 
The angelic figure has permeated programmes and advertising campaigns over the past few years. Starting with this image, the path is traced in reverse to study the representation of angels “incarnated” in the history of the cinema.
 
With the participation of Giovanna Galli, Maurizio Mercurio with the presentation of a “digital painting” video about angels, Nicola Dusi in the conference entitled Angels and the Cinema, or the angelic cinema.
 
To follow film viewings of: The exterminating angel (Bunuel, 1962),  Wings of desire (Wenders, 1987), City of Angels (Silbering, 1998),  The sixth sense (Shyamalan, 1999).
 
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Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
viale Allegri 9 - 42100 Reggio Emilia
 
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Still da "Il cielo sopra Berlino", Wim Wenders, 1987 © all rights reserved