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Title

The history of Italian cinema : a guide to Italian film from its origins to the twenty-first century / Gian Piero Brunetta ; translated by Jeremy Parzen.

Author

Brunetta, Gian Piero.

Publication

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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Description

xii, 385 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

Discusses renowned masters including Roberto Rossellini and Federico Fellini, as well as directors lesser known outside Italy like Dino Risi and Ettore Scola. The author examines overlooked Italian genre films such as horror movies, comedies, and Westerns, and he also devotes attention to neglected periods like the Fascist era. He illuminates the epic scope of Italian filmmaking, showing it to be a powerful cultural force in Italy and leaving no doubt about its enduring influence abroad. Encompassing the social, political, and technical aspects of the craft, the author recreates the world of Italian cinema.

Uniform Title

Guida alla storia del cinema italiano, 1905-2003. English

Alternative Title

Guida alla storia del cinema italiano, 1905-2003.

Subject

Motion pictures > Italy > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-344) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: the epic history of Italian cinema -- The silent era -- From sound to salò -- From neorealism to La dolce vita -- From the boom years to the years of terror -- From the 1970s to the present -- Epilogue: 2007.

ISBN

• 9780691119885 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0691119880 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008043733

OCLC

263065363

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library