Thursday 30 March 2006, 18.30–20.00

The enduring influence on film of the visionary works of Henry Fuseli, William Blake and their contemporaries is undeniable. Sir Christopher Frayling, writer, broadcaster, rector of the Royal College of Art and advisor on Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination, talks with curator Martin Myrone about the way in which ‘references from film – from German Expressionism to Hollywood horror to costume dramas – have "democratised" Fuseli’s most famous painting [The Nightmare 1781].’ The exhibition’s design, inspired by Dario Argento’s horror film Suspiria (1977), is also discussed.

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£7 (£5 concessions), booking recommended

    

This event is related to the Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination exhibition