Overview

Discussing a variety of independent and experimental Italian films, this book gives voice to a critcically neglected form of Italian cinema. By examining the work of directors such as Marinella Pirelli, Mirko Locatelli and Cesrae Zavattini, the book defines, inspects and studies the cinematic panorama of Italy through a new lens. It thereby explores the character of independent films and their related practices within the Italian historical, cultural and cinematic landscape.

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Author:   Anthony Cristiano (Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University) ,  Carlo Coen (Course Director, York University, Toronto)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Weight:   0.668kg
ISBN:  

9781474474030

ISBN 10:   1474474039
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   22 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Filmmaker and the Milanese independent cinema of the 1980s and 1990sDonatella Maraschin and Paola Nasini Chapter 2: Light and Liminal: Marinella Pirelli’s CinemaMatilde Nardelli Chapter 3: From Vertov to Cine-Journals: Cesare Zavattini’s Experimental JourneyCarlo Coen Chapter 4: Gianfranco Brebbia. The ‘Absurd’, Expanded Quality of Experimental Cinema (1962-1973)Donatella Valente Chapter 5: Italian Family Films: The Case of the Archivio Nazionale di BolognaLaura Ceccarelli Chapter 6: Travelling the world. The essay films of Massimo Bacigalupo (1968-1977)Donatella Valente Chapter 7: Tales of Courage: Trade Stories of Italian Independent CinemaEdward Bowen Chapter 8: Independence as Opposition? Redefining Political Cinema through the Case of Mirko LocatelliGloria Dagnino Chapter 9: Niccolò Bruna’s Ethical Process as Social Engagement: Upholding Human Stories against a Backdrop of GlobalizationDavid H. Fleming and Filippo Gilardi Chapter 10: The Paradox of ‘Independence’ in Cyberspace: The Case of Italian Experimental and Independent CinemaAnthony Cristiano

Reviews

"Offering one of the first sustained investigations of Italian experimental and avant-garde cinema in English, this volume presents the research of leading specialists into the history, theory and practice of independent filmmaking in Italy. It is an essential and long-awaited contribution to our knowledge of this fascinating area of audio-visual experimentation in 20th- and 21st-Century Italian cinema.--Patrick Rumble, University of Wisconsin-Madison By providing a rich and insightful account of experimental and independent Italian cinema from the 1960s to our present, the edited collection Experimental and Independent Italian Cinema: Legacies and Transformations into the Twenty-First Century is poised to become a cornerstone in the scholarship on these topics. Readers in search of detailed genealogies and legacies of artists such as Marinella Pirelli, Gianfranco Brebbia, Mirko Locatelli and Massimo Bacigalupo or phenomena like the Milanese film festival Filmmaker, mostly unheard-of in the English-speaking academic world, will find in this book an essential source.--Paolo Saporito, University College Cork ""Annali d'italianistica 2022"""

Author Information

Dr Anthony Cristiano is Lecturer in Digital Media and Journalism at Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr Carlo Coen is Course Director in the Department of Languages, Literature and Linguistics at York University, Toronto

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