Forwarded by Jeremy Butler. For information, contact Dana Polan [log in to unmask] ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: screen-l Author: Dana Polan <[log in to unmask]> Date: 6/13/96 9:42 AM "Conference on "Georges Melies and Cinema's Second Century" Conference Organizers: Jacques Malthete and Michel Marie from 13 to 22 August 1996 at the Cultural Centre of Cerisy-la-Salle (Manche) 1996: One hundred years earlier, at the family estate in Montreuil-sous-Bois, George Melies gave the first turn of the crank of the camera for a body of work that would found cinematic spectacle. Fifteen years after a first conference at the Chateau de Cerisy on "Georges Melies and the Birth of Cinematic Spectacle" (August 1981), a second conference at the same locale will be the high point of the centenary of UNE PARTIE DE CARTES (1896), the first effort in a long series of over five hundred titles produced by the "Melies Production Company of Films for Cinematographe (Patented Manufacturer)." This conference, which will be quite international since it includes German, American, Belgian, Italian and Dutch historians, will provide an opportunity to sum up the current state of Melies research by bringing together myriad approaches: technical, economic, thematic, aesthetic. During the conference, the entirety of saved and restored films by Georges Meleies (more than 180 titles) and Gaston Melies (12 titles) will be projected. For information and registration, write to : CCIC, 27 rue de Boulainvilliers, 75016, Paris, France (telephone: 33-1-45-20-42-03)." ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]