This study argues that neorealism's visual genius is inseparable from its almost invisible relation to the Fascist past: a connection inscribed in cinematic landscapes. While largely a silent narrative, neorealism's complex visual processing of two decades of Fascism remains the greatest cultural production in the service of memorialization and comprehension for a nation that had neither a Nuremberg r a formal process of reconciliation. Through her readings of canical neorealist films, Minghelli unearths the memorial strata of the neorealist image and investigates the complex historical charge that invests this cinema. This book is both a formal analysis of the new conception of the cinematic image born from a crisis of memory, and a reflection on the relation between cinema and memory. Films discussed include Ossessione (1943) Paisa (1946), Ladri di biciclette (1948), and Cronaca di un amore (1950).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-10
0415661080
ISBN-13
9780415661089
eBay Product ID (ePID)
141600100
Product Key Features
Author
Giuliana Minghelli
Format
Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Film, TV & Radio
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
498g
Height
229mm
Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
20mm
Series Title
Routledge Advances in Film Studies
Content Note
50 Black & White Illustrations, 50 Black & White Halftones
Author Biography
Giuliana Minghelli is Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, USA.