"Scophilia in Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock"
Professor Roman Gubern
Presents Carlos Vela
October 19 at 19:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the International Institute
The protagonist of this film, in plaster and locked in his apartment, spends his days observing his neighbors from the block opposite. He prefers observing others to the company of his partner. This is an example of scopophilia, his natural drive to look has been transformed into a compulsion to observe others, he is a voyeur.
Professor Román Gubern will talk to us about scopophilia, a key concept for understanding not only this film by the master of suspense, but also many aspects of Western visual culture. The conference will be preceded by the screening of this masterpiece of universal cinema.
Roman Gubern has, in addition to an extensive academic history in the United States and Spain, a whole list of fundamental publications to understand both the History of Cinema and the theory of the image. His work has managed to combine enormous academic and scholarly rigor with popularity, reaching a large number of readers.