La montagne infidèle, shot on the northeastern slope of the Sicilian mountain, is the title of the reportage that Epstein made. For a century this material remained lost. Scholars, however, have long imagined it through a poetic text of unprecedented theoretical depth that Epstein wrote in 1926, and which suggestively bears the title Le Cinématographe vu de l’Etna. Which is the relationship between the medium and the landscape? What has the power to gaze? Who is looking at whom?
DIRECTOR: Jean Epstein
NATION: France
YEAR: 1923
RUNTIME: 24′
The film screening will be accompanied by live music composed and performed by Økapi.
The screening will be introduced by:
– Malvina Giordana (Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History)
– Víctor Martín García (Universitat Politècnica de València)
– Rosa Cardona (Filmoteca de Catalunya)
In collaboration with Bibliotheca Hertziana – Istituto Max Planck per la storia dell’arte and Fondazione Cinema per Roma, with the support of Filmoteca de Catalunya.
Info: https://www.biblhertz.it/ways-of-landscape.html
Free admission upon receipt of the coupon (starting 30 minutes before the beginning of the event)
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The event is part of Ways of Landscape