A history of Italian cinema

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bondanella Peter E 1943-
Published: Continuum International Pub. Group,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiv, 684 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9781441160690 (pbk.)
1441160698 (pbk.)
Index Number: J909
CLC: J909.546
Call Number: J909.546/B711
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 593-645) and index.
Early Italian cinema: The silent era ; The coming of sound and the fascist era -- Italian neorealism: Masters of neorealism : Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti ; Exploring the boundaries of neorealism ; The break with neorealism : the cinema of the reconstruction, Fellini's trilogies of character and grace, and the return of melodrama -- The golden age of Italian cinema: The Italian "Peplum" : the sword and sandal epic ; Commedia all'italiana : comedy and social criticism ; Neorealism's legacy to a new generation, and the Italian political film ; The mateur auteurs : new dimensions in film n