- Docente: Leonardo Gandini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ART/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production (cod. 0966)
Learning outcomes
Students shall be able to put the iconic elements of the film in relation with its narrative structure.
Course contents
The Cinema of James Bond.
The iconography of 007 movies in relation with the cultural artifacts - novels, stills, gadgets, promotion devices - that surround and define the James Bond world
Readings/Bibliography
Christoph Lindner (a cura di), The James Bond Phenomenon, Manchester University Press, Manchester-New York 2014
Matteo Pollone (a cura di), James Bond. Fenomenologia di un mito (post)moderno, Bietti, Milano 2016
Two of the following James Bond novels:
I. Fleming, Casino Royale
I. Fleming, Live and Let Die
I. Fleming, Moonraker
I. Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever
I. Fleming, From Russia With Love
I. Fleming, Dr. No
I. Fleming, Goldfinger
Teaching methods
Lectures. Ten lectures, each one three hours long
Assessment methods
Oral examinations: students will be tested on the subjects of the course. They shall be able to give proper answers and to properly master the italian language. Students who don't master the italian Language will not be able to pass the examination
Teaching tools
The vision of James Bond films is required.
The course will start in February 2017
Office hours
See the website of Leonardo Gandini