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基本説明
This is the first book to discuss comprehensively and in depth Italian cinema, both popular and arthouse.
Full Description
Italian filmmakers have created some of the most magical and moving, violent and controversial films in world cinema. During its twentieth-century heyday, Italy's film industry was second only to Hollywood as a popular film factory, exporting cinematic dreams with multinational casts to the world, ranging across multiple genres. 'Cinema Italiano' is the first book to discuss comprehensively and in depth this Italian cinema, both popular and arthouse. It is illustrated throughout with rare stills and international posters from this revered era in European cinema and reviews over 350 movies. Howard Hughes uncovers this treasure trove of Italian films, from Lucino Visconti's epic 'The Leopard' to the cult superhero movie 'Puma Man'. Dario Argento's bloody 'gialli' thrillers and Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns are explored alongside films of Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Michelangelo Antonioni. Chapters discuss the rise and fall of genres such as mythological epics, gothic horrors, science fiction, spy films, war movies, costume adventures, zombie films, swashbucklers, political cinema and 'poliziotteschi' crime films.
They also trace the directorial careers of Mario Bava, Sergio Corbucci, Francesco Rosi, Lucio Fulci, Duccio Tessari, Enzo G. Castellari, Bernardo Bertolucci and Gillo Pontecorvo.
Contents
Art and Artifice: An Introduction to Italian Cinema
Acknowledgements
Chapter One - Hercules Conquers the Box Office: Mythological Epics
Chapter Two - Historical Escapades, High Seas and Low B's: Costume Adventures
Chapter Three - Fall of the Empire: Sword and Sandal Spectacles
Chapter Four - Tales from the Tomb: Gothic Horrors
Chapter Five - Battle of the Worlds: Science Fantasy and Fiction
Chapter Six - Vita All'Italiana: Love and Death
Chapter Seven - Shoot, Gringo...Shoot!: Italian Westerns
Chapter Eight - Passports to Hell: Euro Crime and Crimebusters
Chapter Nine - Anarchy and Allegory: Political Cinema
Chapter Ten - Mission Improbable: World War II Movies
Chapter Eleven - Knifes in the Dark: Gialli Thrillers
Chapter Twelve - A Funny Thing Happened: Italian Comedy
Chapter Thirteen - Splats Entertainment: Italian Cinema Eats Itself
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