Cult Fiction Film Symposium

Event published by Cult Fiction

Event date: March 19, 2010 13:00

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Tagged as: cult culture fiction film gender symposium

Places: bd1 bradford

Symposium
13:30
All Dolled Up… 
...For A Nights T.V. Watching that explores the nature of the representation of men who prefer to sleep with inanimate women and dolls. The seminar will compare similarities in a ‘new wave’ of gender representation by looking at the documentary Guys & Dolls and the film Talk to Her, both of which aired consecutively on the same night.
 
Claire Kearns 
 
14:30
Jesus Christ, the Original Hellraiser:  
The use of Horror, Religion and Masochism in The Passion of The Christ and Hellraiser. An examination of how and why the two texts use very similar techniques to put the spectator into a state of masochistic identification. 
 
Andrew G. Robinson
 
15:00
Bond, Bourdieu and Cultu/re 
A short case study in the cultural consumption of cult fiction. This presentation will apply the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu to fiction and films that make up the Bond series. It will be illustrated with film clips, including the rare US television version of Casino Royale.  
 
Dr Lance Pettitt

Contact email: ckearns@live.co.uk

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