SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“[A] timely epistemological rumination on the difference between knowledge and information, the relationship between memory and technology.”
80 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Davide Ferrario. In Italian with English subtitles.
A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with Eco in 2015 for a video installation for the Venice Biennale, Ferrario documents this incredible collection and the man who amassed it. As Eco leads us among the more than 50,000 volumes and his family reflects on his legacy, we also gain insight into the library of the mind of this vastly prolific and original thinker.