Speaker: Charlie Keil, History and Cinema Studies, U of T Talk: “How Do Films Work? What Makes Cinema Cinematic?”
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November 23, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Talks for Fall 2022: Wednesdays at 10 am (in person at Faculty Club and on ZOOM)
Registration will open a few weeks before the event.
Speaker: Charlie Keil, History and Cinema Studies, U of T
Talk: “How Do Films Work? What Makes Cinema Cinematic?”
Introducer: Janet Paterson
Abstract: Motion pictures were scarcely twenty years old when theorists began to identify the salient characteristics of motion pictures in order to prove film’s aesthetic bona fides. A century later, critics elevate select examples of televisual programming by describing such shows as “cinematic.” But what are the unique and defining features of cinema, and to what ends might they be employed? One approach to answering these questions has been devised by scholars who use a version of neoformalism to advance an historical poetics of cinema. In this presentation, I will demonstrate some of the key assumptions underlying this analytical approach, and apply them to a few representative filmic texts, the better to reveal the enduring power of cinematic art.
Bio: Charlie Keil has been the Principal of Innis College since 2015, and prior to that was the Director of the Cinema Studies Institute. He has published seven books on various aspects of film, with another, The Oxford Handbook of Silent Cinema, forthcoming. He is the recipient of several teaching awards, including the Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award, the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Distinguished Pedagogy Award, and, most recently, the President’s Teaching Award.
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