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Elio Petri : Investigation of a Filmmaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Curti, Roberto.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petri, Elio, 1929-1982--Criticism and interpretation.
- Petri, Elio.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Italy--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Motion pictures--Italy--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Other Title:
- Elio Petri
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- "Elio Petri (1929-1982) was one of the most commercially successful and critically revered Italian directors ever. A cultured intellectual and a politically committed filmmaker, Petri made award-winning movies that touched controversial social, religious, and political themes, such as the Mafia in We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), police brutality in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), and workers' struggles in Lulu the Tool (1971). His work also explored genre in a thought-provoking and refreshing manner with a taste for irony and the grotesque: among his best works are the science fiction satire The 10th Victim (1965), the ghost story A Quiet Place in the Country (1968), and the grotesque giallo Todo modo (1976). This book examines Elio Petri's life and career, and places his work within the social and political context of postwar Italian culture, politics, and cinema. It includes a detailed production history and critical analysis of each of his films, plenty of never-before-seen bits of information recovered from the Italian ministerial archives, and an in-depth discussion of the director's unfilmed projects"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Introduction
- One. Open City, Open Mind
- Two. The Burden of Guilt
- Three. Numbered Days
- Four. To Have and Have Not
- Five. POP!
- Six. Death of an Intellectual
- Seven. A Portrait of the Artist as a Schizoid Man
- Eight. Repression Is Civilization
- Nine. Working Class Anti-Hero
- Ten. The Thief, the Actor, the Butcher and His Lover
- Eleven. Maudit
- Twelve. "Unsalvageable!"
- Thirteen. Before Dying
- Fourteen. The Long Night
- Filmography
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4283-4
- OCLC:
- 1260347707
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