Department of French & Italian Student-Faculty Forum Series presents
Studying Early Fellini in Indiana: A multifaceted case at the Lilly Library of Rare Books
by
Federico Pacchioni
Friday,
November 30, 2007
2:00-3:00 pm
Ballantine Hall 144
The Lilly Library of Rare
Books owns thirty-five
original manuscripts
by Federico Fellini and
his collaborator, Tullio
Pinelli. The archive
contains what has been,
until recently, completely
unedited and unpublished
subjects or treatments
of some of the greatest
films Fellini directed
in his early career with
Pinelli ---I
vitelloni,
La
strada, and Le
notti di Cabiria.
This presentation will
report on recent findings
at the Fellini-Pinelli
archive. It will begin
with an analysis of a number
of aesthetic elements that
help in contextualizing
an early screenplay entitled
Happy
Country within Fellini’s
overall poetics. In addition,
these elements draw connections
with Giovanni Pascoli’s
poetic entity of “Il
Fanciullino,” which
seems to guide the dynamics
of rediscovery of authenticity
of self within the narrative.
Then, an investigation
of the historical relevance
of fragments of other screenplays
and stories found on the
verso of the manuscript
will follow. These fragments
include a version of In
nome della legge, of Lo
sceicco bianco as well
as of Luchino Visconti’s
screenplay Il
processo di Maria Tarnowska. In
addition, the presentation
will relay excerpts from
recent and yet unpublished
interviews with Tullio
Pinelli.
Federico Pacchioni received his M.A. in Italian Studies from IU in the spring of 2007. He has taught Italian language courses at all levels and in a wide variety of settings as well as assisted in interdisciplinary courses such as Ancient People: Literature and Prehistory in the American Southwest, Fellini and Fantasy, and Cloak and Dagger: Detectives and Spies from Sherlock Holmes to James Bond (and Beyond). During the summer of 2007, he served as instructor in residence at IU's study abroad program in Florence. In addition, he organizes IU's Circolo Italiano film series. His research contributions concerning foreign language and culture education, aesthetics, intercultural representations, and Italian cinema have appeared in journals such as Italica, Forum Italicum and Fellini-Amarcord.
Lecture to be followed by snacks and discussion.
If you have a disability and need assistance, accommodations can be made to address most needs. Please call 855-5458.
