Rome Awards: A return to cinema d'impegno? Contemporary cinematic engagements with organized crime

Holdaway investigated the political potential of cinema since the beginning of the 2000s, with a thematic focus on the representation of organized crime--the term is chosen carefully to allow an investigation that transcends (without excluding) traditional models of 'mafia cinema'.

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Published inPapers of the British School at Rome Vol. 80; pp. 353 - 354
Main Author Holdaway, Dom
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2012
Subjects
Crime
Film Study
Motion picture criticism
Organized crime
Politics
Realism
Research Reports
Social Change
Italy
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Summary:Holdaway investigated the political potential of cinema since the beginning of the 2000s, with a thematic focus on the representation of organized crime--the term is chosen carefully to allow an investigation that transcends (without excluding) traditional models of 'mafia cinema'.
ISSN:0068-2462
2045-239X
DOI:10.1017/S0068246212000402