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19 produkter
Fernando Di Leo
Master of Italian Film Noir
Av Roberto Curti, Domenico Monetti
Häftad, 2026
705 kr
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Marco Ferreri
The Films of an Italian Provocateur
Häftad, 2024
759 kr
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Marco Ferreri (1928-1997) was one of Italian cinema's most unique auteurs. A maverick personality, he worked with some of the most popular actors of the time (Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Ugo Tognazzi, Carroll Baker, Roberto Benigni, Isabelle Huppert, …
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979
Häftad, 2017
506 kr
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Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre. Stories often featured over-the-top violence and nudity and pushed the limits of what could be shown on the screen. The decade …
French Thrillers of the 1970s: Volume I--Crime Films
Av Roberto Curti, Frank LaFond
Häftad, 2026
1306 kr
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Elio Petri
Investigation of a Filmmaker
Häftad, 2021
517 kr
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Elio Petri (1929-1982) was one of the most commercially successful and critically revered Italian directors ever. A cultured intellectual and a politically committed filmmaker, Petri made award-winning movies that touched controversial social, religious, and political themes, such as the Mafia in …
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969
Häftad, 2015
396 kr
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The "Gothic" style was a key trend in Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s because of its peculiar, often strikingly original approach to the horror genre. These films portrayed Gothic staples in a stylish and idiosyncratic way, and took a daring approach to the supernatural and to eroticism, with …
Tonino Valerii
The Films
Häftad, 2016
396 kr
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Tonino Valerii is one of Italy's best genre film directors. Starting out as Sergio Leone's assistant on For a Few Dollars More (1965), he went on to direct spaghetti westerns that stand out among the most accomplished in their class--Day of Anger (1967), The Price of Power (1969), A Reason to Live, …
Riccardo Freda
The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker
Häftad, 2017
503 kr
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In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian director Riccardo Freda (1909-1999) produced films of remarkable technical skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black Eagle (1946), an adaptation of Les Miserables (1947), the peplum Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and a …
Bracali and the Revolution in Tuscan Cuisine
Häftad, 2018
275 kr
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A self-taught culinary virtuoso, Francesco Bracali is one of Italy's top chefs. He and his brother, Luca, a sommelier, own the two-Michelin-stars restaurant Bracali in Massa Marittima, Tuscany. Once an unpretentious tavern run by their parents, the brothers turned it into a fine dining place where …
Mavericks of Italian Cinema
Eight Unorthodox Filmmakers, 1940s-2000s
Häftad, 2018
396 kr
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The history of Italian cinema includes, in addition to the renowned auteurs, a number of peculiar and lesser-known filmmakers.While their artistry was often plagued with production setbacks, their works--influenced by poetry, playwriting, advertising, literature, comics and a nonconformist, …
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989
Häftad, 2019
517 kr
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The Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda dying or retiring and young filmmakers such as Lamberto Bava (Macabro, Demons) and Michele Soavi (The Church) surfacing.Horror films proved commercially successful in the first …
Italian Giallo in Film and Television
A Critical History
Häftad, 2022
950 kr
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Since the release in 1929 of a popular book series with bright yellow covers, the Italian word giallo (yellow) has come to define a whole spectrum of mystery and detective fiction and films. Although most English speakers associate the term giallo with the violent and erotic thrillers popular in …
Proibito!
A History of Italian Film Censorship, 1913-2021
Häftad, 2023
619 kr
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From its birth in 1913 to its abolition in 2021, film censorship marked the history of Italian cinema, and its evolution mirrored the social, political, and cultural travail of the country. During the Fascist regime and in the postwar period, censorship was a powerful political tool in the hands of …
Films of Jesus Franco, 1953-1966
Av Francesco Cesari, Roberto Curti
Häftad, 2024
759 kr
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With more than 180 films during a career spanning several decades, Jesus Franco (1930-2013) was an extraordinarily prolific and chameleon-like Spanish director, covering virtually every genre from horror to film noir, adventure and erotic, and adapting to all kinds of productions. A one-of-a-kind …
Blood and Black Lace
Häftad, 2020
577 kr
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Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace (1964) is a legendary title, and is commonly considered as the archetypal giallo. A murder mystery about a faceless and menacing killer stalking the premises of a luxurious fashion house in Rome, Blood and Black Lace set the rules for the genre: a masked, …
Diabolika Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema
Häftad, 2016
674 kr
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Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980
Häftad, 2013
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414 kr
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In 1970s Italy, after the decline of the Spaghetti Western, crime films became the most popular, profitable and controversial genre. In a country plagued with violence, political tensions and armed struggle, these films managed to capture the anxiety and anger of the times in their tales of tough …
