Double rendez-vous with the showcase organised dbya CinePhilo: Synecdoche, New York by Charlie Kaufman and C'est arrivé près de chez vous by Belvaux, Bonzel and Poelvoorde.

Double rendez-vous in February with the showcase organised by the CinePhilo University group, from the Philosophy Faculty of Turin University.

What type of relationship takes place between cinema and reality? and vice versa, between reality and cinema? These are only a few of the questions that will be floored during the third edition of this showcase organised by the CinePhilo group, which will explore a few examples of cinema displaying itself, staging itself in different manners: from fiction film to documentary, to mockumentary. At the end each screening, a debate will follow with expert speakers of the sector, who will endeavour each time to clear some aspects of meta-cinema in conversation with the public.

On Tuesday 6 February at 5.00 p.m., screening of Synecdoche, New York by Charlie Kaufman. To follow, meeting with Bruno Surace (semiologist and meta-cinema expert). Moderated by Simone Ferrari.

On Tuesday 20 February at 5.00 p.m. it will be the turn of C'est arrivé près de chez vous by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde. The meeting will include Peppino Ortoleva (communication scholar). Moderated by Fabrizio Defilippi.

Admission 6.00/4.00/3.00 euro.

Charlie Kaufman

Synecdoche, New York

(Usa 2008, 124’, video, col., o.v. it. s/t)

Theatre director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) gets an important grant to create the show of his life in New York. The preparation of the show turns out to be more difficult than he foresaw, also due to his ambitious project, which aims at transferring whole lifetimes and existences on stage, caring for details in a maniacal way. Charlie Kaufman debuts as a director with a film in which reality and its depiction overlap in an inextricable manner, producing simulacra in which the protagonists themselves remain stuck.

Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde

C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man bites dog)

(Belgium 1992, 95’, HD, b/w, o.v. it. s/t)

A television troupe follows the "working day" of an assassin live, the cynical and merry Ben, who amuses himself in showing the public his tricks-of-the-trade, explaining in detail his criteria for selecting victims, the weapons he uses and the ways of disposing of the corpses. Between one adventure and the next, the troupe inevitably remains involved in the crimes it is filming. An ironical and amusing view on the figure of a serial killer, this film is a sort of mockumentary also reflecting on the role of cinema and the media in the depiction of violence