The History of Italian Cinema

A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century

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Brunetta, Gian Piero

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

400 Seiten

Englisch

Princeton University Presserschienen am01.05.2011

A guide to Italian film. It traces the history of filmmaking in Italy, since its origins in the silent era through its golden age in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and its subsequent decline to its resurgence. It covers more than 1,500 films, discussing renowned masters, as well as directors lesser known outside Italy.mehr

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KlappentextA guide to Italian film. It traces the history of filmmaking in Italy, since its origins in the silent era through its golden age in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and its subsequent decline to its resurgence. It covers more than 1,500 films, discussing renowned masters, as well as directors lesser known outside Italy.

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-0-691-11989-2

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr2011

Erscheinungsdatum01.05.2011

Seiten400 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 24 mm

Gewicht679 g

Artikel-Nr.10280327

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GenreTV/Film/Musik/Theater

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION The Epic History of Italian Cinema 1 CHAPTER 1 The Silent Era 15 CHAPTER 2 From Sound to Salo' 67 CHAPTER 3 From Neorealism to La dolce vita 108 CHAPTER 4 From the Boom Years to the Years of Terror 167 CHAPTER 5 From the 1970s to the Present 245 EPILOGUE 2007 315 NOTES 323 INDEX OF NAMES 345 INDEX OF FILMS 363mehr

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"Brunetta transcends film-studies fads to restore the heft of traditional historiography. In a clear, sinuous narrative he details the development of Italian cinema as art and as industry, within its own cultural and political context and in the world."--M. Yacowar, Choicemehr