(April 11, 2016) The Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin, in cooperation with Artdigiland, is organizing three days dedicated to Italo Calvino. The meetings will focus to Calvino’s relationship with cinema and the work of Ludovico Ariosto. On April 11, at 6.30 pm,at the IIC it will been screened “Il Cavaliere Inesistente” (1971) by Pino Zac and based on the eponymous novel by Italo Calvino published in 1969. The movie combines actors and animations using stop-motion technique. April 12 will be dedicated to Calvino’s interest in the “Orlando Furioso”. Eric Haywood, Enrica Maria Ferrara and Tommaso Pomilio will expose their point of views at a round table whose theme will be the charm that the writer showed since the 40s towards the work of Ariosto, and the link with the cinema. In the final day, on April 13, Massimo Denaro, Tommaso Pomilio, Roberto Silvestri and Silvia Tarquini will intervene and it will be presented the book “L’avventura di uno spettatore. Italo Calvino e il cinema” by Lorenzo Pellizzari, published by Artdigiland. At 8 pm i twill follow the screening of a documentary by Massimo Denaro: “Zac. I fiori del Male”, selected for the 72nd exhibition of the Venice Film Festival. The film traces the personal and professional activities of Pino Zac. (Red)
