Talks and Discussions

Saturday 2 August, 16.00
Piazza di Spagna - Mike Figgis in conversation with Walter Donoghue
Terrace Rooms/Portico Rooms
Mike Figgis, director of Leaving Las Vegas and Timecode, discusses his latest project, Piazza di Spagna, a collaboration with Italian photographer Massimo Vitali which explores the relationship between digital cinema and the static image. Piazza di Spagna is on show in the Terrace Rooms throughout Film4 Summer Screen.

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Wednesday 6 August, 18.15
The Strangelove Legacy: Why We've Never Learnt to Stop Worrying
Portico Rooms
The screening of Kubrick’s cult anti-nuclear comedy marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. International human rights activist Bianca Jagger, world-renowned investigative journalist John Pilger, former Foreign Secretary Lord David Owen and Kate Hudson, Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament discuss the relevance of Dr Strangelove in today’s climate of growing international tensions. Chaired by journalist and writer John Gittings. There will be a book-signing after the discussion. In association with CND. 

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Wednesday 6 August, 18.30 
Stanley Kubrick's Boxes
Lecture Theatre
Join us for a special screening of the More4 documentary Stanley Kubrick's Boxes, which follows writer Jon Ronson to the Kubrick family home where he discovers the director's artistic secrets stored in ordinary cardboard boxes. An illuminating and charming portrait of the visionary filmmaker, followed by a post-screening discussion with Jon Ronson and former Kubrick assistant Tony Frewin.

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Thursday 7 August, 18.30
Betsy Blair in conversation with Andrew O'Hagan
Portico Rooms
Betsy Blair, Gene Kelly's first wife, in conversation with Andrew O'Hagan about her life in dance and the times she experienced with one of the world's most famous and talented dancers. Betsy gives her own personal insight into the making of Singin' in the Rain, one of the most famous and best-loved musicals of all time, plus her life together with Kelly in Hollywood and her experience of being black-listed and investigated by McCarthy's House of Un-American Activities. 

Betsy Blair will be available to sign copies of her book 'The Memory of All That' after the talk.

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