Italian cinema and modern European literatures, 1945-2000 / Carlo Testa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Testa, Carlo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Italy--History.

Motion pictures.

European literature--Film and video adaptations.

European literature.

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The history of cinema, and notably that of post-war Italian cinema, can only be understood adequately in the context of other contiguous cultural disciplines. World literature, including that of France, Germany, and Russia, played a key role in the development of post-war Italian film and the cinematic technique it has come to embody. Moving away from the usual modes of defining this period-a trajectory that begins with neorealism and ends with Bertolucci-author Carlo Testa offers proof that coming to terms with literary texts is an essential step toward understanding the motion pictures they influenced. The means of recreating literature for the screen has changed drastically over the last half-century, as has the impact of different national traditions on Italian cinema. Testa's work is the first to explicitly and deliberately link postwar Italian cinema to general intellectual concerns such as the relationship between literary authors and cinematic auteurs. Moreover, his analysis of the impact of French, German, and Russian cultures on Italy brings forth a new reading of Italian cinema, a new paradigm for exploring complex issues of authorship, culture, and art.

Contents:

Cover

Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO

CHAPTERS THREE AND FOUR

CHAPTERS FIVE AND SIX

NOTES

1 The Cold War (1945-56)

2 The Economic Miracle (1956-63)

3 Democratization and Conflict (1963-73)

4 Global Trends, Local Crises (1973-82)

5 Socialism Privatized: Just Fill Up the Cart (1982-89)

6 Italy in Europe: Opportunities Found and Lost (1989-2000)

Conclusion

Filmography

Bibliography

HISTORY

General

Germany

Italy

Further Works Relevant to Italian History and Society

LITERATURE, SEMIOTICS

Theory

Devil in Literature

FILM STUDIES

Further Works Relevant to Film Studies

Film and Literature

Further Works Relevant to Film and Literature

Further Works Relevant to Italian Cinema

DIRECTORS AND ACTORS

Amelio

Antonioni

Bellocchio

Bertolucci

Brass

Camerini

Comencini

Freda

Gassman

Lattuada

Luchetti

Martone

Mastroianni

Moretti

Olmi

Pasolini

Rosi

Rossellini

Sandrelli

Scola

Soldati

Soldini

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Visconti

LITERATURE AND OTHER ARTS

France

German Area

Russia

OTHER FIELDS

Psychiatry

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-252) and index.

ISBN:

9798400673238

9786610422715

9781280422713

1280422718

9780313010903

0313010900

OCLC:

567919895