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A History of Italian Cinema

Autor Dr Peter Bondanella
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 dec 2009
An unprecedented survey of Italian film from the leading expert in the fieldA History of Italian Cinemais a major new study from the author of the bestsellingItalian Cinema- which has been published in three landmark editions and celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2008. Building upon his decades of research, Peter Bondanella has now written the definitive history of the subject, from the birth of cinema to the present day. He has rethought, reorganized, and completely rewritten his previous work, which focused on postwar cinema, and has broadened his coverage of the spaghetti western and comedy genres. Bondanella also now covers a huge range of work that was not previously considered, particularly both popular and 'B' genres, including: the sword and sandal epic or "peplum" film of the 1950s; the Italian horror film, the so-called spaghetti nightmare films (including the subcategories of horror, the Italian zombie and cannibal films), that began in the 1950s and continue through the present; the giallo or Italian mystery thriller; and the poliziesco or Italian crime film from the 1970s to the present. This new book also examines the emergence of a "third wave" of new auteurs born in the 1950s as well as an even younger group of important directors born in the 1960s who have already made their mark on the direction of the Italian cinema in the third millennium. Finally,A History of Italian Cinemanow includes the most comprehensive bibliography of the subject ever to be assembled in an English-language publication. Erudite, comprehensive, and heavily illustrated throughout, this is an essential purchase for any fan of Italian film.Praise for Bondanella's previous work in the field:"Extremely interesting and stimulating."-Bernardo Bertolucci"A very good book and a very accurate one."-Federico Fellini"The librarian who does not get Bondanella immediately must be petitioned, picketed, importuned."-Choice"To measure the progressand development of Anglo-American studies on Italian cinema, one needsonly to consider Peter Bondanella's pioneering and seminalItalian Cinema...Bondanella'swork carries the crucial merit of having opened up a panoramic view ofItalian national cinema to Anglo-American film scholars who in generalwere mostly familiar with only a few masterpieces. Over the years,Bondanella's systematic approach has enabled and inspired countlessstudies."-Gian Piero Brunetta, Professor of History and Film Criticism, University of Padua, Italy
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826417855
ISBN-10: 082641785X
Pagini: 704
Ilustrații: 150
Dimensiuni: 155 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 1.05 kg
Ediția:ANV
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

No exageration to say Italian Cinema has been the backbone of our film program since 1983. Total sales, in hardcover and paperback, in three editions, must be around 75K. This new edition will extend back in time before Neorealism to the silent era and fascist cinema. It will also newly cover the sand-and-sandal epic, the Italian horror film including zombie movies, the spaghetti western in far more detail, the Italian "giallo" (gold or money) film--and bring it all into the 21st c. through 2008. The book is definitive.

Cuprins

Preface I. The Silent Era II. The Coming of Sound and the Fascist Era III. The Neorealist Era: Masters of Neorealism-Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti IV. The Neorealist Era: Exploring the Boundaries of Neorealism V. The Neorealist Era: The Break With Neorealism, the Cinema of the Reconstruction in Rossellini and Antonioni, Fellini's Trilogy of Character and Grace; and the Return of Melodrama with Visconti and De Sica VI. The Italian "Peplum": The Sword and Sandal Epic VII. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema:Commedia all'italiana-Comedy and Social Criticism VIII. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema: Neorealism's Legacy to a New Generation and the Political Film IX. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema: The MateurAuteurs-New Dimensions of Film Narrative in Visconti, Antonioni, De Sica, and Fellini X. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema: The Spaghetti Nightmare-the Italian Horror Film from the 1950s to the Present XI. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema: A Fistful of Pasta-Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western XII. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema: Mystery, Gore, and Mayhem--the ItalianGialloXIII. The Golden Age of Italian Cinema: Myth, Marx, and Freud in Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo BertolucciXIV. The Poliziesco: Italian Crime Films from the 1970s to the PresentXV. The Old Guard Never Surrenders: Italy's Prewar Auteurs in the 1980s and 1990sXVI. The Third Wave: A New Generation of Auteurs with Moretti, Nichetti, Trosi, Salvatores, Benigni, Tornatore, Giordana, Amelio, and OzpetekXVII. Italian Cinema Enters the Third MillenniumEndnotesBibliographyList of photo creditsIndex

Recenzii

Prior to this year-with the English translation of Gian Piero Brunetta's The History of Italian Cinema and this definitive rewrite and update of Bondanella's best-selling Italian Cinema, first published in 1983-there have been few encompassing histories of Italian cinema for the English-speaking world. Bondanella chronologically examines the development of cinema, and his uncommon analysis and accreditation of B movies reveal a layer of national identity previously marginalized or unconsidered. Of equal rarity are the detailed attention given to directors and the balanced critical representation of most, if not all, of their work. A comprehensive primer conversationally delivered and generously seasoned with film stills and photographs.Verdict: This magnum opus of Italian film studies also contains what may be the most complete bibliography assembled on the subject. Important for students and cineastes, casuals and newbies.
Likely to remain the standard work on the subject for years to come, Bondanella's book is a must-have for students and fans of Italian film.
Documents the history from very long experience and research...especially good at identifying and summarising trends.
Bondanelle has made significant contributions to the study of Italian literature and film, and this new history--though not billed as such--is in many respects an updated edition of his Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present. But it is more than just that. here, the author pays closer attention to films of the silent era and adds or extends chapters devoted to popular genres--looking, for example, at the peplum (or so-called sword and sandal film), the 'spaghetti nightmares' (horror films), the giallo mysteries, police dramas, and 'the truly B-film comedies.' Bondanella retains the crucial examinations of neorealism, political films, social criticism in Italian comedies, and significant auteurs (Visconti, Antonioni, De Sica, Fellini, Pasolini, Bertolucci). He concludes by placing the recent work of such young directors as Pupi Avati, Ferzan Ozpetek, PAppi Corsicato, Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, Andrea Molaioli, and Francesca Archibugi among others in the context of earlier filmmakers and influences. A celebration of the author's long career as a scholar of Italian studies, this book is a sweeping course in Italian film from the silent era and Fascist period to the present. Includes photographs and extensive notes. Summing Up: Recommended.
Reviewed in The Times Literary Supplement.
Reviewed in Italian in Marxismo Oggi.