UID:
almafu_9959227940202883
Format:
1 online resource (213 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1134817770
,
1280506075
,
0203134664
,
9786610506071
Series Statement:
National cinemas series
Content:
From such films as La Dolce Vita and Bicycle Thieves to Cinema Paradiso and Dear Diary, Italian cinema has provided striking images of Italy as a nation and a people. In the first comprehensive study of Italian cinema from 1886-1996, Pierre Sorlin explores the changing relationship of Italian cinema and Italian society and asks whether the national cinema really does represent Italian interests and culture.
Note:
Cover -- Italian National Cinema 1896-1996 -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- An international business -- Seeking 'national' characters -- Building a cinematic culture -- Five generations of cinema-goers -- 1 First generation: The world in a dark room -- Cinema-going as a social activity -- Filmopoli: the birth of an industry -- 'Excelling in the stage-handling of a great number of people' -- Technicians and stars, from Serafino Gubbio to Valeria Nestoroff -- Cabiria, masterpiece of historical films -- Assunta Spina, or the spell of conventions -- Fantasies -- 2 Second generation: Their master's voice -- War: beyond any reasonable expectation -- Maciste in power -- The end of Filmopoli -- Now they're talking -- 'The times when we were discovering America . . .' -- Making their own films -- 3 Third generation: The most popular form of entertainment -- God and Mammon -- 'I went to the pictures almost every day' -- The limits of consensus -- A state affair -- Neorealism: the myths -- Neorealism: the films -- What made spectators tick? -- A rosy Neorealism? -- Serious jests -- 4 Fourth generation: The sweet life -- Faith is the miracle -- Comedy Italian style -- Big money, great films? -- A season for awards -- Vulnerable fathers, dangerous women -- Where is Italy to be found? -- 5 Fifth generation: The world in the box -- A hundred television channels -- 'A giant film society, operating 365 days a year' -- The power of speech -- The gaze of a video camera -- Men, years, life -- The film show is over -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Filmography -- Select bibliography -- Index of films -- Index of names -- Subject index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-11697-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-11698-8
Language:
English
