Publication: La fabulosa vida de Giacomo Casanova, según Fellini
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El objetivo de esta comunicación es analizar el modo en que el cineasta Federico Fellini interpretó la vida de un personaje legendario que ha pasado a la historia por sus numerosas conquistas amorosas, llegándose a convertir en el prototipo del seductor masculino: Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). Se trata de un aventurero que viajó por toda Europa y entró en contacto con los personajes más destacados de la cultura de su época y se vio implicado en varios asuntos turbios que le llevaron a la cárcel en más de una ocasión. Tomando como referencia la autobiografía inconclusa de Casanova –titulada Historia de mi vida–, el cineasta realizó una película espectacular (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, 1976) que nos invita a adentrarnos en un mundo extraño e irreal, sometido a las leyes de la ficción, y en la que interroga la función del deseo y vuelve a trabajar sus temas predilectos: el amor, el sexo, la representación artística y el paso del tiempo.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the way in which Federico Fellini portrayed the life of a legendary character well known for his many sexual conquests, converting the prototype of the male seducer: Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). It was a great adventurer who travelled throughout Europe and came in contact with leading figures of the culture of his time and was involved in several shady affairs that led him to prison on more than one ocassion. Drawing on Casanova's unfinished autobiography, titled Story of my life, the filmmaker made a spectacular film (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, 1976) that carry us into a strange and unreal world following the laws of fiction. It also let us know a large developement of the main Fellini’s themes, such as love, sex, death and the role of desire in his filmmaking proccess.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the way in which Federico Fellini portrayed the life of a legendary character well known for his many sexual conquests, converting the prototype of the male seducer: Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). It was a great adventurer who travelled throughout Europe and came in contact with leading figures of the culture of his time and was involved in several shady affairs that led him to prison on more than one ocassion. Drawing on Casanova's unfinished autobiography, titled Story of my life, the filmmaker made a spectacular film (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, 1976) that carry us into a strange and unreal world following the laws of fiction. It also let us know a large developement of the main Fellini’s themes, such as love, sex, death and the role of desire in his filmmaking proccess.
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Actas del Segundo Congreso Internacional de Historia y Cine organizado por el Instituto de Cultura y Tecnología Miguel de Unamuno y celebrado del 9 al 11 de septiembre de 2010 en la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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Cine, Fellini, Federico, Casanova, Giacomo (1725-1798), Biografías, Sexualidad, Historia, History, Cinema, Biographies, Sexuality
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La biografía fílmica: actas del Segundo Congreso Internacional de Historia y Cine (2, 2010, Madrid)[cd-rom]. Gloria Camarero (ed.). Madrid: T&B editores, 2011, pp. 1029-1042