Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema

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by Gino Moliterno

Type

Dictionaries

Subject

Countries > Italy

Keywords

Italian cinema

Publishing date

2020

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Collection

Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 750 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-5381-1947-1

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Book Presentation:
Italian cinema is now regarded as one of the great cinemas of the world. Historically, however, its fortunes have varied. Following a brief moment of glory in the early silent era, Italian cinema appeared to descend almost into irrelevance in the early1920s. A strong revival of the industry which gathered pace during the 1930s was abruptly truncated by the advent of World War II. The end of the war, however, initiated a renewal as films such as Roma città aperta (Rome Open City), Sciuscià (Shoeshine, 1946), and Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948), flagbearers of what soon came to be known as Neorealism, attracted unprecedented international acclaim and a reputation that only continued to grow in the following years as Italian films were feted worldwide. Ironically, they were celebrated nowhere more than in the United States, where Italian films consistently garnered the lion's share of the Oscars, with Lina Wertmüller becoming the first woman to ever be nominated for the Best Director award.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on major movements, directors, actors, actresses, film genres, producers, industry organizations and key films. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Italian Cinema.

About the Author:
Gino Moliterno is former head of the Film and New Media Studies Program at the Australian National University. Among his publications are the Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture (general editor and contributor, 2000), an English edition of Giordano Bruno's Candelaio (Candlebearer, 2000), the Scarecrow Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema (2008) and (co-authored) Celluloid Immigrant: Italian Australian Filmmaker Giorgio Mangiamele (2011).

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