Experimental and Independent Italian Cinema: Legacies and Transformations into the Twenty-First Century

Examines independent and experimental Italian cinema within its historical and cultural contextPlaces Italian independent and experimental film within the broader historical and cultural context of ItalyExamines film production contexts, film distribution and the impact of digital technology on Ital...

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Main Author: Cristiano, Anthony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
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Summary:Examines independent and experimental Italian cinema within its historical and cultural contextPlaces Italian independent and experimental film within the broader historical and cultural context of ItalyExamines film production contexts, film distribution and the impact of digital technology on Italian independnet and experimental filmmkaingIncludes extended case studies on the films Environmental Screen and Ghosts of San Berillo, and the work of the Studio Azzurro groupThis is the first English- language anthology on experimental and independent Italian cinema. Providing an overview of the legacies and transformations of Italian vanguard practices of moving images, the book also explores the historical and sociocultural milieus, the individual artists and filmmakers, and the original work peculiar to Italian stock. Outlining the individual movements, the diverse film artists (from the last century and into the twenty-first), the book pays particular attention to the underground and independent practices of the 1960s and 1970s onwards, and includes an enlightening overview of Italian 'family films', as well as studies of contemporary champions of independent practices of documentary and narrative cinema
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (344 Seiten) 59 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9781474474054

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