This edition: The Spiders Strategem
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Original tape date: November 16, 1987. First aired: November 16, 1987.The Spider's Stratagem (1970/Italy; 100 min., color, sound); Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. Cast: Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli. A man returns to his hometown to investigate the assassination of his father, an anti-fascist hero, and encounters a mystery surrounding the murder and the nature of compromised ideals.
On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with Professor Angela Dalle Vacche (Yale University) and Professor Robert Kolker (University of Maryland; Author, Cinema of Loneliness) to discuss Bernardo Bertolucci's The Spider's Stratagem (1970).
Other topics of discussion include:
Influences of Magritte and Ligabue in the film
Historiography of Italy during World War II.
Recorded on November 16th, 1987 at the Borough Manhattan Community College Media Center.
This program was digitized, captioned, and made accessible in 2021 as part of "Uncovering CUNY'S Audiovisual Heritage," a preservation project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Guest List
Prof. Jerry Carlson Professor of Film Studies, City College of New York
Robert Kolker Writer, New Yorker Magazine
Angela Dalle Vacche Professor , Yale University
