COV&R-Bulletin No. 12 (March 1997)
Film and Modernity:Violence, Sacrifice and Religion. The Annual Summer Meeting of COV&R in Graz (June 24 -27, 1197)
1. Film as an aesthetic and cultural project of modernity; Film and the specific violent dynamics of modernity
2. Violence, sacrificial structures and religion in contemporary film
a.) reflecting historical, political and ethnic conflicts in Southeastern Europe
b.) reflecting socio-psychological and existential problems reflecting the juridical system of society; example: capital punishment;
3. Various films of all quality-levels (commercial as well as artfilms) dealing with the general issue of the assembly in different workshops
The program in detail
MONDAY, JUNE 23
Advisory board - session from 10.30 a.m. onward;
Arrival between 1.00 and 6.00 pm at the "Bildungshaus Mariatrost"
(a shuttle service from the airport or trainstation can be provided)
6.30 pm Dinner
8.00 pm Screening of "Le regard de l'Ulisse"(Th. Angelopoulos) and "Underground" (E. Kusturica) at Mariatrost.
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
09.00 am Welcome and general introduction by G. Larcher
09.30 am Gerhard Larcher, In Search of Historical Identity and Reconciliation: Art (esp.film) and History
10.45 am N.N.
12.30 am Lunch
2.30 pm Screening of "Le regard de l'Ulisse" and "Underground" (Schubertkino, Halls 1 and 2 respectively; downtown)
5.30 pm Panel and plenary discussion
7.00 pm Dinner (downtown)
9.00 pm Schubertkino: Screening of "Bad Lieutenant"; parallel: "King of New York" (both by A. Ferrara)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
09.15 am Statements on A. Ferraras Films (with plenary discussion):
M.M. Roßß, Good Violence - an Essay on King of N.Y.
B. Murauer, Violence and the Sacred in A.Ferraras Films
T. Pace, N.N.
P. Hasenberg, Images of Christ in Ferrara's Films
12.30 am Lunch
3.00 pm Schubertkino: Screening of "Benny's Video" or "Funny Games" (M. Haneke) (Hall 1)
5.00 pm M. Haneke (director), Film-aesthetics and violence
5.45 pm Panel and Plenary discussion (statements of H. Meindl, Ch. Suppan)
6.30 pm Dinner (in town)
8.00 pm Schubertkino: Screening of "Dead Man Walking" (T. Robbins) and "Das Jüüngste Gericht/ The Last Judgement" (Herz Frank)
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
09.15 am E. Arens, Dead Man Walking. On cinematic treatment of publicly licensed killing
10.00 am B. Neurathner, C. Ginther, Statements on Herz Frank's "The Last Judgement"
11.30 am M. Verbeek, Dead Man Walking
12.30 am Lunch
Afternoon for free disposition
6.00 pm R. Girard (tentative),Violence and Sacrificial Structures in Film and Media Today
8.00 pm Reception by the City of Graz (downtown)
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
09.00 am Screening of "Pulp Fiction" (Qu.Tarantino) and "Natural Born Killers" (O. Stone) at Mariatrost
10.30 am A. Bartlett, The Party's Over (Almost): Terminal Celebration in Contemporary Film
10.45 am Jon F. Pahl, Aesthetics of Violence - Cinema and Sacrifice
11.45 am A. Duque, Modern Film and the Crisis of Human Values
12.30 am Lunch
2.00 pm Workshops in three parallel sessions (Mariatrost) with papers by Ch. Kirk-Duggan, D. Culbertson, T. Graham, L. Burckhardt, M. Kratter, J-J. Lepine, A. Faber a.o. on films of W. Friedkin, L. Malle, S. Kubrick, F. Lang, A. Tarkowsky, P. Jackson a.o. (details in the definitive program!)
4.00 pm Concluding plenary session
4.30 pm End of the meeting
