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Dossier De Presse Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick Dossier de presse Contenu : Le projet ou pourquoi une manifestation scientifique autour de Kubrick Les initiatives doctorantes : une école doctorale qui encourage les jeunes chercheurs Communiqué de presse Les organisateurs. Les partenaires Les intervenants : un invité spécial et des intervenants venant de plusieurs pays du monde Projection : Barry Lyndon Chargée de communication : Doriana Pocean Contact : 0695427786 Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick Le projet ou pourquoi une manifestation scientifique autour de Kubrick 18 ans après sa mort, la postérité des films de Stanley Kubrick ne fait plus aucun doute. De Fear and Desire en 1953 à Eyes Wide Shut en 1999, l’œuvre du réalisateur couvre un demi- siècle d’histoire du cinéma. Stanley Kubrick a traversé la chute des studios et la fin de l’âge d’or Hollywoodien, l’avènement du culte de l’auteur dont il a été l’un des emblèmes, l’ère « post- moderne » et même l’avènement des effets spéciaux numériques, son dernier film ayant été censuré lors de sa sortie américaine par le truchement de rajouts informatiques. Pourtant, Kubrick semble être resté constamment à l’écart de toutes les évolutions de l’industrie cinématographique, précurseur autant que marginal, adulé autant que détesté. Pour beaucoup, la persona de Kubrick, artiste démiurge d’un perfectionnisme presque maladif, influe sur la réception de son œuvre. De sa direction d’acteur vue comme tyrannique à l’attention excessive donnée au moindre détail de ses films, le réalisateur est devenu un mythe, partiellement inventé par les médias auxquels il parlait si peu, et symbolise le dévouement artistique sans limite d’un artiste à la vision profondément personnelle évoluant dans un art éminemment collectif. Cette aura mythique tend parfois à camoufler la filmographie de l’artiste, au profit d’anecdotes de tournages plus ou moins fondées et des sempiternels débats quant aux éventuels ‘messages secrets’ transmis par ce génie énigmatique et marginal qui ne s’exprimait que par son œuvre et vivait reclus dans la campagne anglaise. La puissance de ce mythe semble encore plus grande aujourd’hui que de son vivant, comme le prouvent le récent documentaire Room 237 (R. Ascher, 2012), consacré à la myriade d’interprétations autour de The Shining (1980), les publications de livres perpétuant les théories du complot selon lesquelles Stanley Kubrick ferait partie de la secte des illuminati ou aurait travaillé pour le gouvernement américain afin de tourner un faux atterrissage sur la Lune en 1969, ou encore les innombrables discussions sur des forums internet, dans lesquelles certaines théories pourraient faire pâlir celles évoquées ci-dessus. Néanmoins, l’apparente marginalité de Kubrick et la folie interprétative qu’il suscite n’ont pas réussi à éclipser son œuvre elle-même. D’un astronaute évoluant dans une chambre de style 18ème siècle à un sergent instructeur tyrannisant de jeunes apprentis GIs jusqu’à la folie, d’un jeune parvenu irlandais évoluant dans une société aristocratique moribonde à un père de famille voulant tuer sa femme à coup de hache, chaque film du réalisateur a engendré des images parmi les plus iconiques du 20e siècle. Stanley Kubrick est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’un des réalisateurs ayant poussé les possibilités d’expressions audio-visuelles du cinéma à son paroxysme, et certains de ses films, comme 2001 : L’odyssée de l’espace, sont couramment cités par divers classements (publics autant que critiques) comme faisant partis des meilleurs films de l’histoire. La littérature universitaire et journalistique sur Stanley Kubrick est d’une richesse telle que l’on peut sans risque la classer comme l’une des littératures les plus abondantes autour d’un réalisateur. Quant au public, les récents succès de l’exposition Kubrick : the exhibition, qui depuis 12 ans a connu un immense succès dans divers pays, ou encore de l’exposition londonienne Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick exhibant le travail de divers artistes inspirés du réalisateur, démontrent si besoin est l’engouement suscité par l’artiste. Stanley Kubrick : nouveaux horizons vise à démontrer la richesse et la diversité des approches de la Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick recherche actuelle. Seront ainsi privilégiées, outre les approches esthétiques traditionnelles prenant en compte les dernières publications, les communications mettant en avant la vitalité de l’actualité kubrickienne sous toutes ses formes : travail autour des archives, ouvertes au public depuis 2007, et des publications qui en découlent ; études sur l’héritage de l’artiste, tant filmique que dans une sphère culturelle plus large; réflexions sur la réception de l’œuvre et sur l’image du réalisateur, etc. Ces journées d’études favoriseront également une approche transdisciplinaire, approche au cœur de la philosophie de l’université Bordeaux-Montaigne mais également essentielle pour aborder l’œuvre de Kubrick dans sa multiplicité. Les apports spécifiques des philosophes, historiens, musicologues, historiens de l’art ou encore des historiens des sciences ou des spécialistes de l’adaptation permettent en effet de souligner l’extrême richesse de ce champ d’étude et d’en renouveler sans cesse les thématiques. Les initiatives doctorantes : une école doctorale qui encourage les jeunes chercheurs L’École doctorale Montaigne Humanités est la plus grande école doctorale du site bordelais et l'une des plus grandes de France. Le Haut Conseil de l’Évaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement (HCERES) a reconnu, en 2015, la grande richesse et la qualité des formations, le dynamisme et l'ouverture internationale de l'école. En effet, elle offre une formation scientifique et professionnelle riche et diversifiée sous formes d’Horizons de la recherche, de Conférences des professeurs invités, de séminaires (interdisciplinaires doctoraux ou d'unités de recherche), d’ateliers de lecture et d’initiatives doctorantes. L’École doctorale Montaigne Humanités est le lieu où les projets de jeunes chercheurs se réalisent et leurs compétences sont mises en valeur. Tous les ans, l'école lance une campagne (09-24 mai 2017) afin de permettre aux doctorants de proposer une contribution à l'offre de formations. Ainsi tous doctorants ayant des projets scientifiques (colloque, conférence, journée d'étude) ou professionnels (workshop, formation professionnelle) peuvent répondre et proposer des formations. Organiser des manifestations scientifiques ou des formations est une nécessité dans la carrière de chaque jeune chercheur et l'École doctorale veut les accompagner dans leur devenir de chercheur confirmé. Depuis cette année les formations sont ouvertes aussi aux étudiants de Master qui se familiarisent au large éventail des disciplines de la recherche, l’École doctorale voulant proposer des formations à partir du mois de septembre pour l’année universitaire prochaine. Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick Communiqué de presse Mai 2017 Le 16 et 17 mai 2017 aura lieu, à Bordeaux, une manifestation scientifique autour de l’œuvre du grand cinéaste Stanley Kubrick. Organisées par Vincent Jaunas (doctorant UR CLIMAS de l’École doctorale Montaigne Humanités) et Jean-François Baillon (enseignant-chercheur et spécialiste en cinéma britannique), les deux journées réuniront philosophes, historiens, musicologues, cinéastes et spécialistes de l'adaptation, tous passionnés du travail de Kubrick. Le premier jour débutera avec les interventions de Sam Azulys (auteur de Stanley Kubrick : une odyssée philosophique) et Loig Le Bihan (auteur d'un livre consacré au film Shining dont la parution est prévue pour bientôt). La Station Ausone de la librairie Mollat accueillera cette première journée. Jan Harlan, beau-frère de Kubrick et producteur exécutif de la majorité de ses films interviendra dans le cadre de cette conférence sur le projet non-abouti du film Napoléon, sur le perfectionnisme du cinéaste et sur son génie, sur la cinéphilie et sur ce que tous ses films ont en commun. Cette intervention, en anglais, a comme titre "No artist, no art." La projection de film Barry Lyndon au cinéma l'Utopia (précédée d'une présentation du long- métrage par Jan Harlan) clôturera cette journée. Les tickets sont disponibles depuis le 6 mai à l’Utopia (prix d’un billet : 7 euros ; tickets d’abonnement acceptés ). Le deuxième jour se déroulera à la Maison de la Recherche de l’Université Bordeaux Montaigne. Les présentations mettront en avant la vitalité de l’actualité kubrickienne : travail autour des archives, le processus d’adaptation ou le travail collaboratif, études sur l’héritage de l’artiste, réflexions sur la réception de l’œuvre et sur l’image du réalisateur. Des chercheurs passionnées et compétents provenant de tous les coins de l’Europe (Angleterre, Irlande, Italie, Allemagne, Pologne, Slovénie, Serbie) aborderont, en anglais, l’œuvre de Kubrick dans toute sa complexité. Cette manifestation scientifique intitulée « Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick » est organisée avec le soutien de l’École doctorale Montaigne Humanités, de l’UFR des Langues et Civilisations, de la librairie Mollat, du cinéma Utopia, des laboratoires de recherche CLIMAS et CLARE, de la SERCIA et de la banque populaire CASDEN. « Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick » est une initiative doctorante et fait partie de l’offre de formation de l’École doctorale Montaigne Humanités. Nouveaux Horizons : Stanley Kubrick Les organisateurs : Vincent Jaunas est doctorant contractuel associé au laboratoire CLIMAS (Cultures et littératures des mondes anglophones) dans le cadre de l’École doctorale Montaigne Humanités. Il prépare depuis 2015 une thèse sur Stanley Kubrick intitulée : "La subjectivité dans l'œuvre de Stanley Kubrick, de 2001: de L'odyssée de l'Espace à Eyes Wide Shut", sous la direction de Jean-François Baillon. En 2016, Vincent a participé au colloque international "Stanley Kubrick: A Retrospective", qui lui a permis de rencontrer Jan Harlan, beau-frère et producteur exécutif des films de Stanley Kubrick. Harlan a tout de suite accepté une invitation de la part de l'université Bordeaux-Montaigne (proposée grâce au soutien de Sandro Landi, directeur de l’École Doctorale), ce qui permit à "Stanley Kubrick: Nouveaux Horizons" de voir le jour.
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