[NEW OA PUBLICATION] [EXTENDED DEADLINE] Arts Special Issue "Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films" Externos
Film and Death Project
A new open-access article by Marco Grosoli is out now, having been published in Arts as part of the Special Issue Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films. The article "Wrapping Up “Through the Eyes of Those Who Are No Longer”: Paolo Taviani’s Leonora addio (2022)" is available here.
In this article Marco Grosoli explores the Pirandello-esque games of mirrors between the Sicilian writer and the Taviani brothers in Leonora addio (2022), the last film by Paolo Taviani and the first directed without his brother and long-time collaborator Vittorio (who died short before). By recounting the bizarre, real-life vicissitudes of Pirandello's corpse (and eventually ashes), Taviani not only reflects on his/their own prospective legacy, but also offers an implicit commentary on a very contemporary phenomenon: the capitalization of cultural value. My argument is brought forward, among others, by way of a close analysis of Kaos, a 1984 adaptation from Pirandello by the Taviani brothers which is very much in dialogue with Leonora addio.
This article is part the Special Issue "Swan Songs: Philosophical Reflections on Death, Time, and Memory in Testament Films", which will now be published in Arts, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal (also published online by MDPI) devoted to research on all facets of the visual and performing arts, in order to better align it with its focus.
We are pleased to inform the deadline for submissions has been extended until April 1, 2026. Please click here for complete information about the call for papers and submission requirements.