From Literature to Film: The Eidetic Imagery in Michelangelo Antonioni and Damiano Damiani
Subject Area
Film and Literary Studies
Abstract
From Literature to Film: The Eidetic Imagery in Michelangelo Antonioni and Damiano Damiani.
This presentation will explore film adaptations of Hispanic literary works. Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni (1966) based on the short story “The Devil’s Drool” by Julio Cortázar and Strega in Amore (1966) by Damiano Damiani based on Aura by Carlos Fuentes. In these adaptations, the search for answers will cause the main characters to be trapped in unimaginable experiences. Antonioni and Damiani change the circumstances described in the stories in order to create images depicting different perceptions. The films interpret the endings as unforeseen outcomes that are no longer in the real world but in a virtual reality. Themes and symbols will be analyzed in the context proposed by the filmmakers.
Brief Bio Note
Graciela Tissera is an associate professor of Spanish at Clemson University. Dr. Tissera's research and teaching interests include Hispanic and comparative literature and film, literary and critical theory, and Spanish for the professions. Her Creative Inquiry projects focus on international health, global business, and film studies.
Keywords
Film, Imagery, Literature, Perception, Irreality
Presentation Year
October 2020
Start Date
10-23-2020 11:10 AM
End Date
10-23-2020 11:50 AM
Embargo
9-3-2020
Recommended Citation
Tissera, Graciela, "From Literature to Film: The Eidetic Imagery in Michelangelo Antonioni and Damiano Damiani" (2020). South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL). 35.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/seccll/2020/2020/35
From Literature to Film: The Eidetic Imagery in Michelangelo Antonioni and Damiano Damiani
From Literature to Film: The Eidetic Imagery in Michelangelo Antonioni and Damiano Damiani.
This presentation will explore film adaptations of Hispanic literary works. Blow-Up by Michelangelo Antonioni (1966) based on the short story “The Devil’s Drool” by Julio Cortázar and Strega in Amore (1966) by Damiano Damiani based on Aura by Carlos Fuentes. In these adaptations, the search for answers will cause the main characters to be trapped in unimaginable experiences. Antonioni and Damiani change the circumstances described in the stories in order to create images depicting different perceptions. The films interpret the endings as unforeseen outcomes that are no longer in the real world but in a virtual reality. Themes and symbols will be analyzed in the context proposed by the filmmakers.
