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04/08/2025 - 04/08/2025 | Essen

How to Make Men Cry? An Evening on Male Tears in Cinema

The rise of cinema in the early 20th century saw the emergence of a new kind of masculine icon: the tearless hero. Beginning only in the 1970s, male tears slowly trickled back onto the silver screen, eventually becoming a crucial factor for commercial and critical success in films ranging from Midnight Cowboy and Rambo to Lord of the Rings. Around the same time, social scientists note a further decrease in male crying offscreen, with the cinema becoming the last resort for a good manly weep.

In our presentation, we invite the audience to take a historical look at sad movie scenes to encounter the world of male tears, those on the screen and in the cinema seat. Under what circumstances is a hard-boiled hero allowed to shed tears without spoiling the box office? How have filmmakers throughout history approached the problem of representing male emotions? And why are real men not crying at their own weddings but instead while watching Pixar or superhero movies?

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SPEAKERS
Martin Behnke, Screenwriter
Stefan Höhne, Cultural Historian at KWI

ORGANIZATION
Danilo Scholz, KWI
Armin Flender, KWI

TICKETS
Karten können Sie beizeiten online buchen oder wie üblich an der Abendkasse erwerben sowie unter Tel. 0201 43 93 66 33 reservieren.
Eintritt: 5,- € | erm. 3,- €

VERANSTALTER
Eine Veranstaltung des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts Essen (KWI) in Kooperation mit dem Filmstudio Glückauf.

Information on participating / attending:
TICKETS
Karten können Sie beizeiten online buchen oder wie üblich an der Abendkasse erwerben sowie unter Tel. 0201 43 93 66 33 reservieren.
Eintritt: 5,- € | erm. 3,- €

Date:

04/08/2025 - 04/08/2025

Event venue:

Filmstudio Glückauf, Rüttenscheider Str. 2, 45128 Essen
45128 Essen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

Target group:

all interested persons

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Relevance:

transregional, national

Subject areas:

Cultural sciences, Media and communication sciences, Social studies

Types of events:

Presentation / colloquium / lecture

Entry:

03/24/2025

Sender/author:

Lea von der Mosel

Department:

Pressestelle

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

German

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event78951


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