Film series at Associazione
Italo-Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste,
October-December 2015
P.zza S. Antonio,
6, 34122 Trieste
17 November; 1, 15
December 2015, 8 pm
Free and
Open to the Public according to seating availability
films in
English with English Subtitles
A
cycle of science fiction movies and TV series on energy
sources and their relationship with the present and future
of our society and the environment: “thought experiments”,
critical reflection through fiction, and science fiction fun
for everyone!
Exceptional guest speakers will be with us to discuss the
theme of the evening.Hosted by Giulia Iannuzzi, PhD.
In cooperation with Energia Società Ambiente. Tra passato,
presente e futuro, lecture series 2015-16 University of
Trieste.
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Shows start at 8 pm.
Tuesday
1 December
Terraforming!
Star Trek II: The Wrath of
Khan, dir. Nicholas Meyer, USA, 1982, min. 112.
Special guest speaker:
Giovanni Vladilo (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di
Trieste - University of Trieste)
Admiral James T. Kirk and the
crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing off against the
geneticallyengineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (a
character who first appeared in the 1967 Star Trek
television series episode Space Seed). When Khan escapes
from a 15-year
exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the Enterprise
must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming
device named Genesis...
Appointments:
Tuesday
15 December
Oil, Water and... Gender
Mad Max: Fury Road, dir.
George Miller, Australia-USA, 2015, 120 min.
Special guest speaker:
Claudio Tuniz (International Centre for Theoretical
Physics, Trieste - Centro Fermi, Roma - Center for
Archaeological Science, University of Wollongong, Australia)
Following a nuclear holocaust,
the world has become a desert wasteland and civilization
has collapsed. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), a survivor, is
captured by the War Boys, the army of the tyrannical
Immortan Joe, and taken to Joe's Citadel. Meanwhile,
Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), one of Joe's
lieutenants, is sent in her armored truck to collect
gasoline. When she drives off-route, Joe realizes that
something very precious of his is missing
and leads his entire army in pursuit of Furiosa...