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KCL FILM STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR Edward Dimendberg University of California, Irvine The Last Film (Noir) Werner Schroeter's This Night THE SEMINAR One of the most versa.le talents of the New German Cinema, Werner Schroeter (19452010) directed films, theater, and opera produc.ons. This Night (2008), a FrenchGermanPortuguese co produc.on was his final film and one of his defini.ve explora.ons of the rela.ons among literature, music, poli.cs, and aesthe.cs. Adapted from Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos OneP's novel Tonight (1943), Schroeter's film is an art film, a film noir, and a melancholic explora.on of the city and authoritarian poli.cs that con.nues to resonate in the present. Wednesday, 4 th November 2015 18H00 – 19H30 King’s Building, K1.56 THE SPEAKER Edward Dimendberg is Professor of Film and Media Studies, Visual Studies, and European Languages and Studies at the University of California, Irvine, where he teaches courses on architecture and urbanism. As the principal of Dimendberg Consul.ng LLC, he works with academic authors and runs workshops on wri.ng fellowship applica.ons and book proposals. Dimendberg also has taught at the University of Michigan, Columbia University, the Southern California Ins.tute of Architecture (SCIArc), and UCLA. He is the author of Film Noir and the Spaces of Modernity (Harvard University Press, 2004) and Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture a?er Images (University of Chicago Press, 2013), the editor of Facing the Music: DocumenAng Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Redevelopment of Los Angeles: A Project by Allan Sekula (East of Borneo, 2015), and the coeditor of The Weimar Republic Sourcebook (University of California Press, 1994). A recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin, The Ge^y Founda.on, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, he is currently wri.ng a book on infrastructure and culture in Los Angeles. For more informa.on on the KCL Film Studies Research Seminar series visit: h^p://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/filmstudies/research/ResearchSeminars1516.aspx
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KCL  FILM  STUDIES  RESEARCH  SEMINAR    

Edward Dimendberg University  of  California,  Irvine  

The Last Film (Noir) Werner  Schroeter's  This  Night    

THE  SEMINAR    One  of  the  most  versa.le  talents  of  the  New  German  Cinema,  Werner  Schroeter  (1945-­‐2010)  directed  films,  theater,  and  opera  produc.ons.  This  Night  (2008),  a  French-­‐German-­‐Portuguese  co-­‐produc.on  was  his  final  film  and  one  of  his  defini.ve  explora.ons  of  the  rela.ons  among  literature,  music,  poli.cs,  and  aesthe.cs.    Adapted  from  Uruguayan  writer  Juan  Carlos  OneP's  novel  Tonight  (1943),  Schroeter's  film  is  an  art  film,  a  film  noir,  and  a  melancholic  explora.on  of  the  city  and  authoritarian  poli.cs  that  con.nues  to  resonate  in  the  present.      

Wednesday,  4th  November  2015  18H00  –  19H30  King’s  Building,  K-­‐1.56  

THE  SPEAKER    Edward  Dimendberg  is  Professor  of  Film  and  Media  Studies,  Visual  Studies,  and  European  Languages  and  Studies  at  the  University  of  California,  Irvine,  where  he  teaches  courses  on  architecture  and  urbanism.    As  the  principal  of  Dimendberg  Consul.ng  LLC,  he  works  with  academic  authors  and  runs  workshops  on  wri.ng  fellowship  applica.ons  and  book  proposals.    Dimendberg  also  has  taught  at  the  University  of  Michigan,  Columbia  University,  the  Southern  California  Ins.tute  of  Architecture  (SCI-­‐Arc),  and  UCLA.    He  is  the  author  of  Film  Noir  and  the  Spaces  of  Modernity  (Harvard  University  Press,  2004)  and  Diller  Scofidio  +  Renfro:  Architecture  a?er  Images  (University  of  Chicago  Press,  2013),  the  editor  of  Facing  the  Music:  DocumenAng  Walt  Disney  Concert  Hall  and  the  Redevelopment  of  Los  Angeles:  A  Project  by  Allan  Sekula  (East  of  Borneo,  2015),  and  the  co-­‐editor  of  The  Weimar  Republic  Sourcebook  (University  of  California  Press,  1994).    A  recipient  of  fellowships  from  the  American  Academy  in  Berlin,  The  Ge^y  Founda.on,  and  the  Canadian  Centre  for  Architecture,  he  is  currently  wri.ng  a  book  on  infrastructure  and  culture  in  Los  Angeles.  

For  more  informa.on  on  the  KCL  Film  Studies  Research  Seminar  series  visit:  h^p://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/filmstudies/research/Research-­‐Seminars-­‐15-­‐16.aspx  

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