Darkening the Italian screen : interviews with genre and exploitation directors who debuted in the 1950s and 1960s /

Darkening the Italian screen : interviews with genre and exploitation directors who debuted in the 1950s and 1960s /

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Author / Creator:Ercolani, Eugenio, 1984- author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Description:vii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Motion pictures -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Italy -- Interviews.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures.
Italy.
History.
Interviews.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11989597
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ISBN:9781476667386
1476667381
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"The birth and rise of popular Italian cinema since the early 1950s can be attributed purely to necessity. The vast number of genres, sub-genres, currents and crossovers and the way they have overlapped, died out or replaced each other has been an attempt, in post-war years, to contain and control the invasion of U.S. product while also satisfying the demands the American industry had created in Italy. Exploring one of the most multi-faceted and contradictory industries cinema has ever known through the careers of those most closely associated with it, the author has recorded interviews conducted with directors and actors both well-known and forthcoming"--

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