Libertines and cancelled
Albert Serra
From desacralization to myth
Debate
Filmmaker Albert Serra speaks with critic and journalist Violeta Kovacsics about the relationship between myth and religion in cinema.
Cinema and its relationship with hallowed figures have changed during the last 21st century. In his films, the director Albert Serra has addressed the great myths of the Christian tradition in El Cant dels Ocells (Birdsong), of the predatory masculinity of Drácula, and of the greatest libertine in the history of art, Casanova, in Historia de la meva mort (Story of My Death). From representation of bourgeois morality to the centrality of western mythology, do we now have a fresh look at the myth of the monster? What is the role of religion in a present that has gone beyond atheism and, paradoxically, must now contemplate a world that is ever closer to social and climate apocalypse?
Moderators: Violeta Kovacsics
Participants: Albert Serra
This activity is part of Sade, Libertines and cancelled
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Albert Serra
From desacralization to myth
Cinema and its relationship with hallowed figures have changed during the last 21st century. Filmmaker Albert Serra speaks with critic and journalist Violeta Kovacsics about the relationship between myth and religion in cinema.
