PROGRAMME

Please note that instead of Dr. Sarah Godfrey, our film expert will be Dr. Melanie Williams.


15:00 Welcome and Introduction.

15:20 Dr. Pamela Osborn and Dr. Frances White (Literature, Kingston University): 'The Lives and Deaths of Iris Murdoch'

16:00 Dr. Marije Altorf (Philosophy, St. Mary's University): 'The Film I Would Like to See Next: Reflections on Biography and Gender'

16:30 Dr. Melanie Williams (Film, TV and Media Studies, UEA) 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: Iris and British Cinema's Female Biopics'

17:00 Tea and Coffee Break

17:20 Film screening: Iris by Richard Eyre

18:45 Roundtable discussion

19:15 end


ABOUT THE FILM:
Released in 2001, Iris is a biographical film based on John Bayley's (Murdoch's husband) memoir Elegy for Iris (1999), in which he remembers Iris as a young and unconventional philosopher and novelist in Oxford, and later living with her through the years when she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. 

Main cast:
Kate Winslet (young Iris)
Judi Dench (older Iris)
Jim Broadbent (older John Bayley)

More info at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280778/

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