Italian cinema : from the silent screen to the digital image / edited by Joseph Luzzi.
| Other author | Luzzi, Joseph, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. |
| Copyright Date | ©2020 |
| Description | 1 online resource (ix, 422 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part one: periods and movements. Italian silent film -- Futurism and film -- Vincere: the never-ending story of film and fascism -- Neorealism -- The orphaned generation: cinema of the 1980s and 1990s -- Persistence of vision: realism and the popular in Italian cinema of the new millennium -- Part two: gender, genre, theory. The five faces of the Italian femme fatale -- Italian women's cinema and the wounded filmic body -- The cinematic evolution of Commedia all'Italiana -- Popular Italian cinema -- Italian film theory, 1907-2015 -- Part three: Relations and debates. Film music: Kaos and the Tavianis -- Film and photography -- Film and television in Italy -- Italian documentary and the predicaments of the auteur: nonfiction films of Michelangelo Antonioni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Roberto Rossellini -- The global impact of Italian neorealism -- Part four: Films in focus. Cabiria -- Bitter rice -- Senso -- La strada -- L'avventura -- Once upon a time in the West -- Theorem -- The conformist -- Love and anarchy -- The best of youth -- Part five: Behind the scenes. Sound and soundtrack in Italian cinema -- Screenwriting -- Outdoor cinema. |
| Abstract | "In this comprehensive guide, some of the world's leading scholars consider the issues, films, and filmmakers that have given Italian cinema its enduring appeal. Readers will explore the work of such directors as Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Roberto Rossellini as well as a host of subjects including the Italian silent screen, the political influence of Fascism on the movies, lesser known genres such as the giallo (horror film) and Spaghetti Western, and the role of women in the Italian film industry. Italian Cinema from the Silent Screen to the Digital Image explores recent developments in cinema studies such as digital performance, the role of media and the Internet, neuroscience in film criticism, and the increased role that immigrants are playing in the nation's cinema"--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references, index and filmography. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 18, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Italian cinema from the silent screen to the digital image New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 9781441195616 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2019026359 |
| ISBN | 9781441147561 electronic book ; ePub |
| ISBN | 144114756X electronic book ; ePub |
| ISBN | 9781441186423 electronic book ; epdf |
| ISBN | 1441186425 electronic book ; epdf |
| ISBN | 9781501302640 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1501302647 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9781501302640 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |