Italian neorealist cinema an aesthetic approach /

Wagstaff, Christopher, 1946-

Italian neorealist cinema an aesthetic approach / Christopher Wagstaff. - Toronto ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (ix, 504 pages, 16. pages of plates) : illustrations, map. - Toronto Italian studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Overview. The Italian Cinema Industry -- The Cultural Context -- Films: Production and Screenwriting -- The Pro-filmic -- The Institution of Neorealism -- Realism. Aesthetics -- Reference -- Narrative -- Genre -- Idealism -- Realism -- Cesare Zavattini -- Rhetoric -- A Note on Comedy -- Roma città aperta. Photography -- Lighting -- Sound -- Mise en scène -- Performers -- Costume -- The Narrative: Story and Plot -- Dramaturgy: Analysis of the Episode of the Shooting of Pina -- Roma città aperta and Neorealism -- Paisà. The Rome Episode -- The Sicily Episode -- The Monastery Episode -- The Naples Episode -- The Florence Episode -- The Po delta Episode -- Concluding Remarks on Paisà -- Ladri di biciclette. Locations -- Performers and Costume -- Narrative -- Analysis of Sequences -- Concluding Remarks.




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Rossellini, Roberto, 1906-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974 --Criticism and interpretation.


Motion pictures--Aesthetics.--Italy
Motion pictures--History.--Italy
Realism in motion pictures.


Electronic Books.

PN1993 / .I835 2007