 Lectio di Stephen Amidon
in collaborazione con Scuola Holden evento in inglese con traduzione consecutiva Gli americani della Generazione Z – quelli ora adolescenti e ventenni – stanno diventando adulti in un mondo qualitativamente diverso rispetto a qualsiasi altra generazione dalla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Il futuro non appartiene più a loro. Gli attacchi dell’11 settembre e la successiva farsa mortale della guerra in Iraq, il razzismo radicato e la violenza poliziesca diffusa, la disparità di ricchezza e la prospettiva che l’intelligenza artificiale usurpi i posti di lavoro hanno creato una generazione che non possiede automaticamente la fede nella supremazia americana. Oggi l’autore di Il capitale umano e I figli del silenzio, entrambi Mondadori, ragiona sulle sfide che uno scrittore affronta quando deve creare personaggi giovani, a partire dal suo lavoro ed esaminando anche opere di Ottessa Moshfegh e Lisa Taddeo, programmi tv come Euphoria e 13 Reasons Why, e podcast come Red Scare e You’re Wrong About. Nell’ambito di Come crisalidi, il filo di seta che racconta i 18 anni del Circolo dei lettori e dei suoi spazi, una palestra di libertà e immaginazione che mette al centro i libri e la letteratura, nel continuo appassionante esercizio di costruzione di una comunità culturale senza età. martedì 22 ottobre 2024 | ore 18:00il Circolo dei lettori, via Bogino 9, Torino  Check out this excellent interview with Martino Gozzi on Spotify.
The introduction is in Italian, and the interview in English.  Register now for Based on the Book: Adapting Books into Films, a free lecture by Stephen Amidon. “Based upon the book by …” How many times have you seen these words at the beginning of a film? They appear so regularly that adaptation can seem like a simple process, as if the story has merely been translated directly from page to screen. The reality, however, is much more complex. Film adaptation is a notoriously difficult art for which there are few clear rules and countless potential pitfalls. When the process fails, the result can be a bomb like Brian De Palma’s Bonfire of the Vanities or Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. When it works, however, it can lead to masterpieces like Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, David Fincher’s Fight Club and Stephen Daldry’s The Hours. In this two-hour lecture, we will look at some of the secrets behind the treacherous art of adapting books into films. In addition to examining general challenges and principles inherent in the craft, we will also look at specific adapted screenplays, such as Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather and (naturally enough) Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation. The speaker will also discuss his own experiences, including having his novel Human Capital adapted for two different films, Italian and American. Learn more. Hosted by Scuola Holden in collaborazione con La Guraimba Film Festival. The lecture will be in English, streaming between 5 and 7 p.m. 23 June. La lezione sarà in inglese e si terrà in streaming, dalle 17 alle 19: 23 giugno. Registration is now open for my online writing class at Scuola Holden in Torino, Italy. The course will be conducted as an online workshop, during which each student’s writing will be read and analyzed, not just by the instructor, but by the entire class. We will break storytelling down to its various parts, which we will then reassemble to create a compelling whole. The importance of crisis and conflict will be explored, as will narrative techniques such as voice, backstory, foreshadowing, flashback, imagery and figures of speech. There will be a special emphasis on re-writing, an essential but often neglected part of the process. By course’s end, the new writer will have what it takes to start working.  |
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