Diva : defiance and passion in early Italian cinema / by Angela Dalle Vacche ; foreword by Guy Maddin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalle Vacche, Angela, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Italy.

Motion pictures.

Italy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 1 DVD (68 min. : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Summary:

Accompanying DVD, entitled Diva dolorasa / Zeitgeist Films ; written and directed by Peter Delpeut ; produced by Frank Roumen for Filmmuseum, consists of excerpts from La donna nuda (1913) and 13 other titles, with new title cards in Dutch and a new musical accompaniment.

Contents:

Foreword: Silent Divas of Italian Cinema / Guy Maddin ix

Acknowledgments: The Geography of a Book xi

Time Line: Cultural Events and the Diva Film xv

Introduction: Mater Dolorsa 1

Theory and Technology

Chapter 1 The Shape of Time: Elan Vital and Memento Mori 25

Chapter 2 Laocoon's Filmstrip: Classicism, Marxism, Vitalism 39

Chapter 3 Orientalism: Ballets Russes, Occultism, Canudo 79

Chapter 4 Wings of Desire: Aviation, Fashion, Circus Stunts 105

History and Analysis

Chapter 5 Acting: Prostitution, Vertigo, Close-up 131

Chapter 6 Modern Woman: Minor Stars and the Short Film 171

Chapter 7 Tropes: Obsessions and Traumas of a Gentre 199

Chapter 8 Nino Oxilia: Blue Blood and Satanic Rhapsody 225

Conclusion: Beyond the Femme Fatale 253

Portraits: Biographical Profiles of Actresses 259

Archival Locations and Filmography 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-296) and index.

Contains:

Diva dolorosa.

ISBN:

9780292716612

0292716613

9780292717114

0292717113

OCLC:

168722633

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