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 cittą aperta. Photography -- Lighting -- Sound -- Mise en scčne -- Performers -- Costume -- The Narrative: Story and Plot -- Dramaturgy: Analysis of the Episode of the Shooting of Pina -- Roma cittą aperta and Neorealism -- Paisą. The Rome Episode -- The Sicily Episode -- The Monastery Episode -- The Naples Episode -- The Florence Episode -- The Po delta Episode -- Concluding Remarks on Paisą -- 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.