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Frankenread
October 30, 2018 - October 31, 2018
Free
Dr. Friedman’s talk, related to his book, Monstrous Progeny: a history of the Frankenstein narratives, (co-written with Allison B. Kavey) is a study of the continuing popularity of the Frankenstein story (the 200th anniversary of publication is this year) exploring the how and why the visualization of this monster has changed as the cultures and technologies depicting them on film have altered and developed, as well as exploring why humans are obsessed with the idea of monsters.
Dr. Friedman will also participate in several activities on campus:
He arrives October 30, and will introduce the film Bride of Frankenstein for its screening in the Harn Museum auditorium at 6pm.
On October 31, media scholar Dr. Friedman will participate in the University wide Frankenread event, will speak on Creature Feature: The Universal and Hammer Frankenstein Films. He also will visit the honors uncommon read class “What Makes a Monster.”
Professor Friedman is emeritus professor of Film and Society at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He also taught cinema studies at Syracuse, Northwestern, American Universities, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Spertus Institute. He taught health humanities and bioethics at Upstate Medical Center (Syracuse) and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His areas of expertise include: film genres, American cinema of the 1970s, American Jewish cinema, British film of the 1980s, Health and Humanities, and Multiculturalism in Film. The author, co-author, and editor of over 20 books and numerous articles, he has written books about Steven Spielberg, Arthur Penn, Peter Pan, Frankenstein, and Clint Eastwood. His two screenplays, Prisoners of Freedom (2002) and Thomas Scasz and the Myth of Mental Illness (1989) have been the basis of independent films directed by the award-winning visual artist Owen Shapiro.
The event is free and open to the public.
Organizers from the Health Science Center Libraries are: Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig, Michele Tennant, Jane Morgan-Daniel, Ariel Pomputius. Dr. Friedman’s visit and screening fees for the film will be covered by a grant from the Catalyst Fund/Creative Campus, costs for security at the Bride of Frankenstein film screening will be covered by the Honors Program.
For questions, contact: nstoyan@ufl.edu.