The Montesi scandal the death of Wilma Montesi and the birth of the paparazzi in Fellini's Rome
The Montesi scandal: the death of Wilma Montesi and the birth of the paparazzi in Fellini's Rome

"Early on a windy morning in April 1953, the body of a young woman washed up on a beach outside of Rome. Her name was Wilma Montesi, and, as the papers reported, she had left her home in the city center several days earlier, alone. The police called her death an accidental drowning. But the pub...

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1. Verfasser: Pinkus, Karen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago Univ. of Chicago Pr. 2003
Schlagworte:
Montesi, Wilma
Montesi, Wilma > 1932-1953
Roma > Film
Politik
Paparazzi > Italy
Berichterstattung
Mord
Italien
Italy > Politics and government > 1945-1976
Italy > Social conditions
Zusammenfassung:"Early on a windy morning in April 1953, the body of a young woman washed up on a beach outside of Rome. Her name was Wilma Montesi, and, as the papers reported, she had left her home in the city center several days earlier, alone. The police called her death an accidental drowning. But the public was not convinced. In the cafes around the Via Veneto, people began to speak - of the son of a powerful politician, lavish parties, movie stars, orgies, drugs." "How this news item of everyday life exploded into one of the greatest scandals of a modern democracy is the story Karen Pinkus tells in The Montesi Scandal. Wilma's death brought to the surface every simmering element of Italian culture: bitter aspiring actresses, corrupt politicians, nervous Jesuits in sunglasses, jaded princes. Italians of all types lined up to testify - in court or to journalists of varying legitimacy - about the death of the middle-class carpenter's daughter, in the process creating a media frenzy and the modern culture of celebrity. Witnesses sold their stories to the tabloids, only to retract them. They posed for pictures, pretending to shun the spotlight. And they in turn became famous in their own right." "Pinkus takes us through the alleys and entry-ways of Rome in the 1950s, linking Wilma's death to the beginnings of the dolce vita, now synonymous with modern Roman life. Pinkus follows the first paparazzi on their scooters as they shoot the protagonists and gives us an insider's view of the stories and trials that came to eclipse this lonely figure that washed up on the shores near Ostia."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155)
Beschreibung:xi, 157 p. ill.
ISBN:0226668487
0226668495

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