Italian National Cinema 1896-1996

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...

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Main Author Sorlin, Pierre
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 1996
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesNational cinemas
Subjects
History
Motion pictures, Italian
sica
Alberto Savinio
Independent Women
Dolce Vita
Picture Theatres
Alberto Sordi
screen
Earth Quakes
Vice Versa
Main Characters
piero
Neorealist Films
Young Men
Video Camera
brunetta
External Participation
Mario Camerini
Inventive Performer
Bitter Rice
studios
Past Tense
Gianni Celati
Italian National Cinema
Serafino Gubbio
Long Shots
Italian Studios
Pop Stars
Spider's Stratagem
Enrico Guazzoni
light
culture
Maurizio Nichetti
silver
cinematic
gian
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9780415116978
0415116988
041511697X
9780415116985
DOI:10.4324/9780203134665