Professor Ovan’s talk examines urban representation in Italian film, and insists on the ways in which city-space is often related to historical and social commentary. After introducing the theme of the city in films by prestigious directors like Fellini, Antonioni and Risi, Professor Ovan will move her analysis to 1970s genre film, and concentrate in particular on the “evil spaces” of two important murder mystery (giallo) movies: Elio Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion and Dario Argento’s Profondo Rosso.
