[ecrea] CFP Kiss Kiss Kill Kill: Symposium on the Forgotten Spy Films of Cold War Europe

>CFP Extended: Kiss Kiss Kill Kill: The Forgotten Spy Films of Cold War Euro=
>pe.
>18-19 September 2010, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
>
>Coinciding with the Kiss Kiss Kill Kill exhibition, this 2-day, parallel st=
>rand symposium aims to bring together international scholars, critics, coll=
>ectors, graphic artists and cinephiles to explore the issues surrounding th=
>e European poster art and the European spy film between 1950-1985.
>
>In collaboration with the UH Galleries and the Hertfordshire Film Consortiu=
>m, the conference will explore the relationship between poster art, graphic=
>  design and espionage cinema during the Cold War, while providing an interd=
>isciplinary forum for the development and appreciation of cult film, litera=
>ture and the applied arts.
>
>The proposed analysis of graphic art, poster design and rare film will incl=
>ude a consideration of themes such as film archiving, marketing, European a=
>esthetics, international audience reception, genre and state politics. The =
>symposium will also host rare film screenings and special guest appearances=
>. Films secured for screening will include:
>
>Danger Route (GB Holt 1968)
>This screening of a rare 16mm print of Seth Holt=92s magnificent low budget=
>  spy thriller made by Amicus will also include Q&A with leading actor, Rich=
>ard Johnson (TBC)
>
>Se tutte le donne del mondo aka Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (Levin & M=
>aiuri IT 1966)
>We are proud to present this =91Holy Grail=92 classic Italian Eurospy title=
>  from a Tarantino-sought-after, super-rare 16mm print from the US.
>
>Danger Diabolik (IT/FR Bava, 1968), 5th October 7pm, The Weston Auditorium
>Possibly the coolest film ever made, a fabulous mash up of master criminal,=
>  super-spy and psychedelic genres, horror maestro Mario Bava set the benchm=
>ark for the cool sixties flick.
>(N.B. Final list of films to be confirmed)
>
>Keynote speakers (TBC) include:
>Matt Blake (author, The Eurospy Guide 2004)
>Xavier Mendik (director, The Cult Film Archive, Brunel University)
>Sim Branaghan (author, The British Film Poster BFI)
>
>
>Possible topics may include (but are not limited to):
>
>=95 Genre and the International Spy Film
>=95 Espionage state propaganda during the Cold War
>=95 Global themes of espionage
>=95 The Eurospy Auteur
>=95 European Genre Factory of the Cold War Years
>=95 Graphic Design and the Spy Film Poster
>=95 The power of co-production in Europe
>=95 Mainstream vs. Indie Spy film
>=95 The Kitsch and the Bombastic in Cold War Film and Poster Design
>=95 Utopian imagery in Eastern Bloc filmmaking and posters
>=95 Jet-setting and exotica
>=95 Political and historical perspectives on the Eurospy experience
>=95 The European-ness of Eurospy
>=95 Supermen and Superwomen =96 archetypes in the Spy genre.
>=95 =91Trash Aesthetics=92 of the Spy Film
>
>
>Visit the project website for further information: www.kisskisskillkill.co.=
>uk/kkkk
>
>Abstracts (200-300 words) for twenty-minute papers should be submitted as a=
>n email attachment to (d.elliott /at/ herts.ac.uk) by 25 June 2010.
>Presenters will be notified of acceptance by 20th July 2010.
>
>
>Kind Regards
>
>Darren Elliott-Smith
>--
>Darren Elliott-Smith
>Film Education Coordinator | Film Education Consortium Hertfordshire
>University of Hertfordshire | College Lane | Hatfield | Hertfordshire | AL1=
>0 9AB
>E: (d.elliott /at/ herts.ac.uk)  | T:01707 285 949

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