Murray Pomerance, professor of media and culture at Ryerson University in Toronto and author and editor of 16 books on film, will deliver a free, public presentation on actor Johnny Depp titled “Deep Depp: Travails of Celebrity in a Global Era” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 112 Dale Hall, 433 W. Lindsey St.
“This is a great opportunity for students and faculty to meet one of the most prolific recent scholars in cinema studies,” said Timothy Shary, director of the Film and Video Studies Program, a unit of the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. “Considering what a wide range of interests and publications Murray has covered, and knowing what a lively speaker he is, I am sure that many people will find his discussion of Johnny Depp especially interesting.”
Pomerance has written such books as “The Horse Who Drank the Sky: Film Experience Beyond Narrative and Theory” and “An Eye for Hitchcock,” and he has edited or co-edited collections such as “From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings,’” “Where the Boys Are: Cinemas of Masculinity and Youth” and “Bang Bang, Shoot Shoot! Essays on Guns and Popular Culture.”
Recently he launched two major book series in cinema studies: “Screen Decades,” which examines individual decades in the history of American film, and “Star Decades,” which chronicles major and minor stars of each decade.
His presentation on Johnny Depp comes from his book about the mercurial star, “Johnny Depp Starts Here.” Pomerance will discuss Depp’s career choices, celebrity status and cinematic reception by the international audience.
The event is co-sponsored by OU’s Film and Video Studies Program and the College of Arts and Sciences.
For more information and accommodations on the basis of disability, call the Film and Video Studies Office at 325-3020 or e-mail fvs@ou.edu.
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