Italian Film examines the extraordinary cinematic tradition of Italy, from the silent era to the present. Analyzing film within the framework of Italy's historical, social, political, and cultural evolution during the twentieth century, Marcia Landy traces the construction of a coherent national cinema and its changes over time. Her study traces how social institutions--school, family, the Church--as well as Italian notions of masculinity and femininity are dealt with in cinema and how they are central to the conceptions (and misconceptions) of national identity.
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Italian Film examines the extraordinary cinematic tradition of Italy, from the silent era to the present. Analyzing film within the framework of Italy's historical, social, political, and cultural evolution during the twentieth century, Marcia Landy traces the construction of a coherent national cinema and its changes over time. This study traces how social institutions school, family, the Church as well as Italian notions of masculinity and femininity are dealt with in cinema and how they are central to the conceptions (and misconceptions of national identity.
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Italian film comes alive,
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Landy has done it again! "Italian Film" continues with remarkable clarity her dissection of Italian film culture since "Fascism in Film." Princeton: Princeton University Press; 1986. The book steps outside traditional terrains of national cinema to explore questions of landscape, history, femininity, masculinity, stardom, and relations between film and television. Neorealism finally gets its due in Landy's innovative treatment. Highly recommended for Summer reading.
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She is one of the most incredibly sophisticated, sensitive, erudite human beings I have ever made connection with. If she writes it, you must read it. ....
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The Italian cinema of the silent era, like other national cinemas, has undergone a reconsideration in the light of additional film texts and new scholarly studies that are shedding light on the cultural milieu and conditions of production and reception of early cinema. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The Italian cinema of the silent era, like other national cinemas, has undergone a reconsideration in the light of additional film texts and new scholarly studies that are shedding light on the cultural milieu and conditions of production and reception of early cinema. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zio indegno, peplum epics, segretaria privata, macchina ammazzacattivi, tre punte, cinematic family, degli zoccoli, del cinema italiano, tanto amati, non muore, neorealist films, cinematic machine, other national cinemas, masculine protagonist, film dramatizes, terra trema, nonprofessional actors, commercial film industry, postwar cinema, cinematic culture, political cinema, cinematic medium, cinema attractions, historical films, certain realism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Museum of Modern Art Stills Archive, World War, Assunta Spina, Don Vincenzo, Della Rovere, The Leopard, Mamma Roma, United States, Open City, Sorelle Materassi, Anna Magnani, Don Pietro, Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio De Sica, Grand Hotel, Mario Camerini, Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Sophia Loren, Don Nicola, Lady Paola, Quo Vadis, Assia Noris, Christian Democrats New!
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- Italian Cinema (Ungar Film Library) by Peter Bondanella on 15 pages
- Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present by Peter Bondanella on 11 pages
- Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism by Millicent Marcus on 9 pages
- Early Cinema: Space, Frame, Narrative by Thomas Elsaesser on 7 pages
- Film : Cinema Paradiso by Guiseppe Tornatore on 6 pages
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- Italian Film (National Film Traditions) by Marcia Landy on 7 pages
- After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age by Millicent Marcus on 7 pages
- Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943 by Jacqueline Reich on 4 pages
- Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City (Cambridge Film Handbooks) by Sidney Gottlieb in Front Matter, page 104, and Back Matter
- Stars, The Film Reader (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers) by Lucy Fischer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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