Professor Stefano Baschiera (QUB) - "Transculturalism, Border Crossing, and Authorship in Global Crime Cinema”. Tues 14 Feb @4 p.m.

7 Feb 2023

This talk addresses the ubiquitous global presence and popularity of crime cinema by analysing its capacity to express local, national or regional identities while at the same time being able to facilitate transborder cultural exchanges. Transculturalism is strongly embedded in this genre through both its ability to incorporate and process transnational influences (in terms of style, subgenres, and social criticism) and through its modes of production, cultural circulation, and critical understanding. Starting from an overview of European Crime cinema as a vehicle to address European transcultural identities, the talk will look at influences and exchanges between contemporary European and Asian productions to focus eventually on an analysis of Johnnie To's Vengeance (復仇, Hong Kong/France, 2009).

Stefano Baschiera is Professor of Film and Screen Industries at Queen’s University Belfast. His work on European cinema and film industries has been published in a variety of edited collections and journals including Film International, Bianco e Nero, Studies in European Cinema and The New Review of Film and Television Studies. He is the co-editor with Russ Hunter of Italian Horror Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2016) and with Miriam De Rosa of Film and Domestic Space: Architectures, Representations, Dispositif (Edinburgh University Press, 2020).

Tuesday 14 February, 4 p.m.
Film and Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building (Basement) B10.B

All welcome to attend