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.
Edited by:
Louis Bayman (University of Southampton) Imprint: Intellect Books Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 567g ISBN:9781841504001 ISBN 10: 1841504009 Series:Directory of World Cinema Pages: 296 Publication Date:15 October 2011 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
,
Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Louis Bayman is in his final year of his AHRC-funded PhD research at King's College, London focusing on post-war Italian melodrama.