Archive for the ‘Italian Retrospective’ Category
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Italian Retrospective #6: La Stanza Del Figlio (The SonR...
The history of a national cinema often reflects the history of the country itself. Right now we can argue that Italy’s (general) media is almost monopolised through former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi’s Finnivest empire, but cinema as a separate entity has passed through powers such as Hollywood within the last century to gain status as an important identifying medium. La Stanza Del Figlio (The Son’s Room) was made after the social comedy emergence of the 1980s – and [...]
Italian Retrospective #5: Io Non Ho Paura (I’m Not Sc...
The eyes of a child provide a unique perspective to a situation, usually surrounding views of innocence and make-believe. Italy once saw youth portrayed as the perfect ally to the Fascist regime, the key to vitality and modernity. That theme continued into the Leaden Years of the 70s as students protested against corruption of the Mafia – the innocent caught up in a guilty world. This is the core idea of Io non ho paura (I’m Not Scared), [...]
Italian Retrospective #4: La Finestra di Fronte (Facing Win...
If Italian culture is to help create a new national identity in the wake of the country’s history, then within that the idea of the ‘Other’ must come to the front. Those not considered to be ‘normal’ have faced prejudice from their own and have been outcast from society, as with elsewhere in the world. Italy is beginning to realise that minority groups considered to be the ‘Other’ in fact represent a large part of who they are. [...]
Italian Retrospective #3: Roma, Citta Aperta (Open City)
Neo-realism is one of those tricky cinema terms bandied around by critics and the like but many have little appreciation for what it represents, particularly towards Italy, and its contribution to cinema. While only a small movement (if you can call it that), it showed Fascist Italy to the world as melodramatic. To Italians, it provided an escape; creation of characters and stories that still presented real issues but at the same time resisting the constraints of the regime. Roberto [...]
Italian Retrospective #2: I Cento Passi (The Hundred Steps)...
The true story of Peppino Impastato remains one of modern Italy’s most important. Now considered a key historical figure from the 1970’s, his legacy was further entrenched in the hearts and minds of Italians with the biographical tale I Cento Passi (The Hundred Steps). The anti-mafia activist was outspoken and wanted to make a difference to his local community – it didn’t matter that he was indirectly a part of the Mafia family.
Italian Retrospective #1: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)
Italy is a country rich in history and culture and is largely represented to international audiences through the medium of film. To be studying a country through various films as I currently am is a very interesting concept, and what better way is there to share this with you than through my understandings of what these films represent? Over the next few months you will see analytical reviews on some of Italy’s most revered and obscure films and [...]
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