EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR “LOVE, CORRUPTION, and PURSUIT of the OSCAR – Three Revolutionary Academy Nominated Italian Films From 1969/70”
Presented by Dr. Peter Weller and Jordan Ledy
with Additional Commentary by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Date & Time:
Thursday, April 11, 2024
2:00 – 3:00pm ET | 11:00am – 12:00pm PT |
7:00 – 8:00pm London
EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “LOVE, CORRUPTION, and PURSUIT of the OSCAR – Three Revolutionary Academy Nominated Italian Films From 1969/70”
Presented by Dr. Peter Weller and Jordan Ledy
with Additional Commentary by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
The Second World War leveled a fascist, then partisan Italy. Using real locations, a film movement emerged, now called Neorealism. However, we might just call the movement Realism, as Italy’s film, in the country’s confused void in post-war ethic, was the first to jump forth into social narratives of self-search within an economic blitz of poverty and pulchritude. Liberation freed depiction of gender and politics; After neorealism, the 60s and 70s generated a hard look at individual moral and social liability. This webinar will explore the radical shifts in Italian cinema during the late 1960s through the lens of three provocative OSCAR nominated films: Luchino Visconti’s “The Damned,” Elio Petri’s “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion,” and Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Conformist.”
The webinar will include a 45-minute lecture followed by 15-minutes of Q&A.
Please note:
Weller has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including RoboCop (1987) and its sequel RoboCop 2 (1990) (in which he played the title character), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He has also appeared in such films as Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the Oliver Stone-produced The New Age (1994), and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of William Burroughs’s novel Naked Lunch (1991).
While enrolled at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), he played trumpet in one of the campus bands. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and began his acting career after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (class of 1972).
In 2004, Weller completed a Master of Arts degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University, and occasionally taught courses in ancient history at the university.