Bondanella, Peter E., 1943-

Italian cinema : from Neorealism to the present / Peter Bondanella. - New expanded ed. - New York : Continuum, 1990. - xi, 500 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

"A Frederick Ungar book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-478) and index.

Background : the silent era and the Fascist period -- The masters of neorealism : Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti -- Exploring the boundaries of neorealism -- The break with neorealism : Rossellini in transition, early Antonioni and Fellini -- A decisive decade : commedia all'italiana, neorealism's legacy, and a new generation -- The mature auteurs : new dimensions in film narrative with Visconti, Antonioni, and Fellini -- A fistful of pasta : Sergio Leone and the spaghetti western -- Myth and Marx : Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci -- Politics and ideology in the contemporary Italian cinema -- The contemporary scene and new Italian comedy -- Italian cinema in the 1980s.

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Motion pictures--History.--Italy
Cine italiano.
Cine--Producción y dirección--Italia.
Cine italiano--Historia y crítica.
Cine--Producción y dirección.

PN 1993.5 / B711i 1990

791.43