'Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western' examines the films of Damiano Damiani, Sergio Sollima and Sergio Corbucci, revealing how and why these filmmakers responded to international and national events by inscribing Italian far left revolutionary doctrine into the genre.
This is an analysis of miltant political trends in the the 1960s Italian -- "Spaghetti" -- Westerns. It examines the films of Damiano Damiani, Sergio Sollima and Sergio Corbucci, and shows how and why these filmmakers responded to international and national events by inscribing …
Though 1960s European cinema frequently reflected the shifting ideological tides which now characterise the era in the popular imagination, the complex and extensive relationship of the Italian - or 'Spaghetti' - Western to these political ferments has gone almost entirely unnot…
"Negli anni inaugurati da 'Roma città aperta', il pubblico è al tempo stesso destinatario e protagonista e lo schermo diventa proiezione dell'anima collettiva. La gente va al cinema per ritrovare le speranze che la guerra ha disperso, per sentir parlare dei propri problemi, per …
In the period 1940 to 1965 the female prostitute featured in at least ten per cent of all Italian-made films, but she cast her shadow over many more. With reference to the changing social and film industrial context, this book explains why the figure of the female prostitute was…
In the period 1940 to 1965 the female prostitute featured in at least ten per cent of all Italian-made films, but she cast her shadow over many more. With reference to the changing social and film industrial context, this book explains why the figure of the female prostitute was…
