Poet of Civic Courage (häftad)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
208
Utgivningsdatum
1996-11-01
Förlag
Praeger Publishers Inc
Medarbetare
Testa, Carlo (red.)
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 12 mm
Vikt
313 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
1 Hardback
ISBN
9780313302787

Poet of Civic Courage

The Films of Francesco Rosi

Inbunden,  Engelska, 1996-11-01

Slutsåld

Rosi's films consistently and directly address the themes of political and institutional corruption and the complex relationship between the individual, the mafia, and the state. Whether evoking the multiple facets of Sicilian banditry in Salvatore Giuliano (1962), exposing right-wing killing squads in Cadaveri eccellenti (Illustrious Corpses) (1976), or courageously debating the roots of Italian terrorism in ^ITre fratelli (Three Brothers)^R (1981), his gripping political-documentary works have managed to combine factual and intellectual rigor with box office success and wide critical acclaim. This book offers a series of essays by leading Italian academics, each exploring a key Rosi film, together with an interview and comprehensive bibliographic and filmographic material. A notable feature is an article by the director himself, in which he reflects on the development and future of Italian political cinema. This book offers a series of essays by leading Italian academics, each exploring a key Rosi film, together with an interview and comprehensive bibliographic and filmographic material. A notable feature is an article by the director himself, in which he reflects on the development and future of Italian political cinema.

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?Seven Italian literature scholars contextualize the undervalued film director....The detailed social background and description provide a valuable reference for scholars.?-Choice "Seven Italian literature scholars contextualize the undervalued film director....The detailed social background and description provide a valuable reference for scholars."-Choice

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CARLO TESTA teaches Italian at the University of British Columbia. His work on the European 19th and 20th centuries includes Desire and the Devil: Demonic Contracts in French and European Literature (1991) and a number of articles in English, French, and Spanish, centering on the question of the self, the Utopian issue, and marginality.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by Carlo Testa Salvatore Giuliano: Francesco Rosi's revolutionary postmodernism by Ben Lawton Hands Over the City: cinema as political indictment and social commitment by Manuela Gieri Enrico Mattei: the man who fell to earth by Harry Lawton The other side of glamorous killings: Lucky Luciano, Rosi's neo-realistic approach to Mafia by Claudio Mazzola Dancing with corpses: murder, politics and power in Illustrious Corpses by Salvatore Bizzarro Beyond cinema politico: family as political allegory in Three Brothers by Millicent Marcus Interview with Francesco Rosi by Carlo Testa The future of Italian film: for a cinema of memory and identity by Francesco Rosi Filmography Selected bibliography Index