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“Who is Pedro Almodóvar and Why is Everyone Talking About Him?”
By David T. Geis
Sat. December 13th, 6pm, Conover Studio, Fourth Floor
This talk is free and open to the public.
Pedro Almodóvar is arguably Spain’s most (in)famous film director. This presentation addresses his importance in the international film community, his originality as a writer and director, and the nature of some of his most controversial films. It provides context for the musical version of his best-known film —”Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (1988)— and places it in the wild world of Madrid’s shocking “Movida,” a post-Franco explosion of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.
David T. Gies is Commonwealth Professor of Spanish (Emeritus) and former Chairman of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at the University of Virginia. Professor Gies has published seventeen books and critical editions of Spanish literature, including The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture (1999), The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature (2004), and the Cambridge History of Theatre in Spain (2012). He has authored more than one hundred twenty-eight essays and one hundred fifty-one scholarly book reviews, and has lectured at universities in the US, Canada, England, Italy, Germany, France, Egypt, Argentina, and Spain. He edits DIECIOCHO, a journal dedicated to the study of the Spanish Enlightenment, and has been awarded numerous research grants from agencies such as the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, and the Spanish Ministry of Culture. In October 2007, he was granted a knighthood by the King of Spain. In 2016, he won the prestigious Anderson Prize from the North American Academy of the Spanish Language and was elected Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy in Spain. Since retiring in 2017 he has dedicated much of his time giving lectures on Spanish Latin American history, literature, food, and culture, on trips organized by the University of Virginia, Smithsonian Journeys, The World, and Sea Dream Yacht Club Vacations.
| “A Night on the Verge” A New Year’s Eve fundraiser for Live Arts. Join us on December 31st from 7:30 PM to Midnight. Sip, Sparkle, Slightly Unravel. Tickets are $150 per person, or $115 for Season Subscribers. The evening’s festivities will include: 7:30-8:30 PM: Cocktails, tapas by C&O, and music 8:30-11:30 PM: A performance of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (with more libations at intermission) 11:30 PM-Midnight: A champagne toast to ring in the new year! Festive attire is encouraged. We look forward to celebrating with you! PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Interested in sponsoring? Email Lisa@livearts.org |
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