Ebook: Directory of World Cinema: Italy
Author: Louis Bayman
- Tags: Film Video Art Photography Arts Movies Adaptations Amateur Production Biographies Direction Documentaries Encyclopedias Genre Films Guides Reviews History Criticism Industry Reference Screenplays Screenwriting Theory Humor Entertainment
- Series: IB - Directory of World Cinema
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Intellect Ltd
- Language: English
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While Italian cinema has long been popular with international audiences, a surprising unfamiliarity remains regarding the rich traditions from which its most fascinating moments arose. Directory of World Cinema: Italy aims to offer a wide film and cultural context for Italian cinema’s key aspects, from political radicalism to opera, from the art house to popular cinema. Essays by leading academics about prominent genres, directors, and themes provide insight into the cinema of Italy and are bolstered by reviews of significant titles. From the silent spectacle to the giallo, the spaghetti western to the neorealist masterworks of Rossellini, this book offers a comprehensive historical sweep of Italian cinema that will appeal to film scholars and cinephiles alike.