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The cinema of Francesco Rosi / Gaetana Marrone.
LIBRA PN1998.3.R66 M37 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marrone, Gaetana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rosi, Francesco.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Italy--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Italy.
- Motion pictures--Italy--History.
- Motion pictures.
- History.
- Rosi, Francesco--Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Francesco Rosi (1922-2015) occupies a unique place in postwar Italian, indeed postwar world cinema. His films show a consistent formal balance while representing historical events as social emblems that examine, shape, and reflect the national identity. This important body of work, which has made a vital mark on the works of directors like Martin Scorsese remains to be examined for the English-speaking audience. This study addresses Rosi's films as mosaics fashioned out of "clips" collected from the various stages of production, most specifically from the director's own archival materials. My approach situates each film in its artistic and cultural context, but also attends to the specific forms and ethical commitment that characterize each film"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I FRAGMENTS OF HISTORY: POWER, POLITICS, REPRESENTATION
- 1. Early Years, Early Films
- Imaginings of a Neapolitan Adventurer
- La sfida, or the Aesthetics of Rigor
- Profession: Magliari
- 2. Labyrinths as Figures: Logical Investigations and the Open Work
- The Construction of Reality in Salvatore Giuliano
- Shapes of Objectivity and the Enigmas of History in Il caso Mattel and Lucky Luciano
- 3. Disorder and Chaos: Framing the City, Framing the Everyday
- The Rhetoric of Power: Spectacular Politics in Le manisulla citta
- Anatomy of a Baroque Drama: The Authorial Noirin Cadaveri eccellenti
- 4. Operatic Microhistory
- More than a Matador's Tale: Il momento delta verita
- Notan Opera Film: Carmen
- pt. II FABLES OF NATIONAL IDENTITY: IMAGE, MEMORY, IMAGINATION
- 5. Voices from the South
- Cristo si e fermato a Eboli: A World Apart
- Tre fratelli: Biography of a Nation
- 6. The Hazards of History
- Inglorious Paths: Uominicontro
- Perpetual War: La tregua
- 7. City of Memory: A Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Marrone, Gaetana. Cinema of Francesco Rosi
- ISBN:
- 9780190885632
- 0190885637
- 9780190885649
- 0190885645
- OCLC:
- 1152421331
- Publisher Number:
- 99986332759
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