Focus on James Mason

Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI) is a response to the growing interest in film and the moving image across the College. Through public events and academic research initiatives, BIMI will address a wide variety of contemporary issues, particularly those relevant to its interdisciplinary structure.  Working closely with the Birkbeck Cinema, BIMI programmes public screenings and special seasons, making use of 35 mm film in addition to the Cinema’s high quality DVD projection.We will be runninga busy calendar of eventsfrom research seminars to film screenings. Please check these pages for further details in the coming weeks.BIMI is funded across three schools at Birkbeck: theSchool of Arts,School of Law, andSchool of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy.  TheUniversity of Pittsburghis also a partner and co-funder.

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Focus on James Mason
A consideration of the work of James Mason, which will include a 35mm screening of The Reckless Moment(Max Ophüls, 1949). 
Sarah Thomas (University of Liverpool) and Adrian Garvey (Queen Mary University of London) will discuss the actor’s rise to fame as a Gainsborough brute, his uneasy transition to Hollywood, and his long career as a distinguished character actor. Covering performance, stardom, gender, genre and industry, we will examine the homme fatal persona and the struggles for independence Mason faced, which are exemplified in Ophüls’ fusion of melodrama and film noir.
We will also mark the publication of Sarah’s study of the actor, a new volume in the BFI Film Stars series.
This event is supposrted by Living British Cinema http://lbc.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/
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SCHEDULE
1.00 General Introduction
1.15 Adrian Garvey on Mason as Homme Fatal
1.45 Sarah Thomas introduces film
1.55 The Reckless Moment
3.20 Short Break
3.30 Sarah Thomas on Mason's later career
4.00 General Discussion
4.20 Drinks and Book Launch

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