The A to Z of Italian Cinema
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780810870598; 9781282521667
Subjects: Motion pictures; Dictionaries; History
Description: The Italian cinema is regarded as one of the great pillars of world cinema. Films like Ladri di biciclette (1948), La dolce vita (1960), and Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) attracted unprecedented international acclaim and a reputation, which only continue to grow. Italian cinema has produced such acting legends as Sophia Loren and Roberto Benigni, as well as world-renowned filmmakers like Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, and Lina Wertmüller, the first woman to ever be nominated for the Best Director award. The A to Z of Italian Cinema provides a better understanding of the role Italian cinema has played in film history through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, black- & -white photos, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, actresses, movies, producers, organizations, awards, film credits, and terminology.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix: Winners at the Venice Festival and of the David di Donatello and Nastri d'argento; Bibliography; About the Author; photospread.