UQ’s Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies will this evening (Tuesday, February 19) present a public lecture from Charlotte Brunsdon, Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick.
Professor Brunsdon will discuss her research on London as an example of “the cinematic city”.
Typically, research into the idea of a cinematic city looks at how cities are defined for us by the images developed in certain films.
London, however, has long been considered a city which cannot be categorised by just one movie.
Both the city and the films located in it are rich and varied.
“Using illustrations from a wide range of films, the lecture will discuss this cinematic city by analysing the journeys that are made to and within it,” Professor Brunsdon said.
“I am interested in the extent to which “the arrival in the city” or “crossing the River” can be used as structuring devices to understand not just the cinematic geographies of particular films, but something of the history of London as a cinematic city itself, as it comes to terms with the end of the empire”.
The lecture draws upon Professor Brunsdon’s most recent book – London in Cinema: the Cinematic City since 1945, published by the British Film Institute in 2007.
Professor Brunsdon, a highly distinguished and influential figure in cultural and television studies internationally, is touring Australia with the support of the ARC Cultural Research Network, which brings together researchers working on culture, media and communications.
The free public lecture, to be held at the UQ Art Museum on the St Lucia Campus, will be chaired by Professor Graeme Turner, Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies.
“Shaping the Cinematic City: Three London Journeys” will run from 5.30pm-6.30pm, followed by light refreshments.
Further information: Ms Rebecca Ralph, Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies (3346 7407, r.ralph@uq.edu.au) or Penny Robinson at UQ Communications (3365 9723).
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