After Fellini : national cinema in the postmodern age /
Millicent Marcus.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- xi, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364) and index. Videography: p. 365.
Roberto Rossellini's Paisan : national identity by means of montage -- Luchino Visconti's Bellissima : the diva, the mirror, and the screen -- Bernardo Bertolucci's Last emperor : powerless in Peking -- Gabriele Salvatores's Mediterraneo : where nationalism surrenders to utopian myth -- Roberto Faenza's Sostiene Pereira : from Salazar's Lisbon to Mussolini's Rome by way of France -- Francesco Rosi's Three brothers : the family of Italy in transition -- Ricky Tognazzi's La scorta : guarding the alternative body of power -- Gianni Amelio's stolen children : the gaze of innocence, lost and found -- Federico Fellini's Ginger and Fred : postmodern simulation meets Hollywood romance -- Giuseppe Tornatores' Cinema paradiso : filmic fascination and the art of nostalgia -- Maurizio Nichetti's Icicle thief : travels in hyporeality -- Roberta Torre's Tano da morire : postmodern pastiche, the sceneggiata, and the view -- Of the mafia from below -- Francesco Rosi's The truce : filming the text of witness -- Roberto Benigni's Life is beautiful : the serious humor of a controversial comedy manqué -- Nanni Moretti's Caro diario : reclaiming the body on screen.
Examines the Italian films of the last two decades of the 20th century which managed to transcend the decline of Italian cinema's prominence within the industry. The author interprets, in detail, a body of work which established an independent profile for the Italian cinema of the 80s and 90s.
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