"That was Heaven". Hadrian's Villa as "fabulous" Heaven in Angels in America by Mike Nichols

Authors

  • Mauro Giori University of Milan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-4797/1261

Keywords:

Tony Kushner, Robert Altman, camp, teatro, televisione

Abstract

Angels in America is still Tony Kushner’s major achievement. In adapting it for television, Mike Nichols accurately respected the political agenda of the author (democratic, hebrew and homosexual), who also wrote the screenplay. The choice of Hadrian’s Villa (instead of a San Francisco devastated by the earthquake of 1906) as a background for the scenes which take place in the Paradise can be understood as coherent with Kushner’s ideological perspective, as well as with his original camp aesthetics.

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Author Biography

Mauro Giori, University of Milan

Mauro Giori earned a PhD in History of Visual and Performing Arts at Università di Pisa. His publications include Alfred Hitchcock. Psyco (2009), Poetica e prassi della trasgressione in Luchino Visconti. 1935-1962 (2011) and Luchino Visconti. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (2011).

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Published

2011-07-27

How to Cite

Giori, M. (2011). "That was Heaven". Hadrian’s Villa as "fabulous" Heaven in Angels in America by Mike Nichols. LANX. Journal of the Scuola Di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici - Università Degli Studi Di Milano, (7), pp. 198–216. https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-4797/1261

Issue

No. 7 (2010)

Section

SCENES OF ANCIENT ROME. Evolution of a Project. Edited by R. De Berti, E. Gagetti, F. Slavazzi. First Part