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Moralizing Cinema
This volume is part of the recent interest in the study of religion and popular media culture (cinema in particular), but it strongly differs from most of this work in this maturing discipline. Contrary to most other edited volumes and monographs on film and religion, Moralizing Cinema will not focus upon films (cf. the representation of biblical figures, religious themes in films, the fidelity question in movies), but rather look beyond the film text, content or aesthetics, by concentrating on the cinema-related actions, strategies and policies developed by the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations in order to influence cinema. Whereas the key role of Catholics in cinema has been well studied in the USA (cf. literature on the Legion of Decency and on the Catholic influenced Production Code Administration), the issue remains unexplored for other parts of the world. The book includes case studies on Argentina, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and the USA.
The Devil and the Dolce Vita
Italy’s economic expansion after World War Two triggered significant social and cultural change. Secularization accompanied this development and triggered alarm bells across the nation’s immense Catholic community. The Devil and the Dolce Vita is the story of that community – the church of Popes Pius XII, John XXIII and Paul VI, the lay Catholic Action association, and the Christian Democratic Party – and their efforts in a series of culture wars to preserve a traditional way of life and to engage and tame the challenges of a rapidly modernizing society. Roy Domenico begins this study during the heady days of the April 1948 Christian Democratic electoral triumph and ends when pro-div...
The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy
The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release. This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.
Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema
This book brings to the surface the lines of experimentation and artistic renewal appearing after the exhaustion of Neorealism, mapping complex areas of interest such as the emergence of ethical concerns, the relationship between ideology and representati
Il lavoro con gli anziani in casa di riposo
Come sta cambiando l’organizzazione del lavoro nelle case di riposo? In che modo quella che Ivan Illich definirebbe “l’industrializzazione dell’assistenza” influisce sulle pratiche di lavoro degli operatori? Come combattere non solo le malattie, ma anche la iatrogenesi, la trasformazione della cura da fatto etico e sociale in fatto tecnico e procedurale? Che tipo di modelli si stanno affermando e con quali conseguenze sulla qualità professionale e i contenuti etici e sociali delle cure? Attraverso decine di racconti, interviste e studi di caso, questo libro fotografa nitidamente i processi di trasformazione del lavoro con gli anziani derivanti dall’affermarsi delle nuove culture...
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A New Guide to Italian Cinema
This book is a complete reworking and update of Marga Cottino-Jones' popular A Student's Guide to Italian Film (1983, 1993) . This guide retains earlier editions' interest in renowned films and directors but is also attentive to the popular films which achieved box office success among the public.
Lo schermo del quotidiano
La televisione è, oggi più che mai, un linguaggio spettacolare, una simulazione volta a mettere in scena la vita: l’ordinario, il consueto, il quotidiano, presentato come tale. Nel tentativo di avvicinarsi allo spettatore, dunque, il broadcaster parla...
