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Movie Box
"Unforgettable images of film's biggest stars. 450 actors and directors. 100 acclaimed photographers. 400 photographs" -- Back cover
The Divine Comic
Roberto Benigni, the Italian comedian, actor, director, and writer, gained international fame when his film La vita è bella/ Life Is Beautiful (1997) won three Oscars in 1999, including Best Foreign Film and Best Actor. Benigni has been a steady presence in Italian popular culture since the mid-1970s. This book introduces Benigni's performances in film, stage, and television, little known outside of Italy, with an emphasis on the cultural and intellectual backdrops that characterize his films, including his origins among the Tuscan rhyming poets and his experiences in the Roman avant-garde theater. Benigni's statements about his experiences and apprenticeships with cinema notables like Cesare Zavattini and Federico Fellini reveal a wealth of fresh information and confirm the sense that there is more to this madcap buffoon than meets the eye.
Re-viewing Fascism
When Benito Mussolini proclaimed that "Cinema is the strongest weapon," he was telling only half the story. In reality, very few feature films during the Fascist period can be labeled as propaganda. Re-viewing Fascism considers the many films that failed as "weapons" in creating cultural consensus and instead came to reflect the complexities and contradictions of Fascist culture. The volume also examines the connection between cinema of the Fascist period and neorealism—ties that many scholars previously had denied in an attempt to view Fascism as an unfortunate deviation in Italian history. The postwar directors Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and Vittorio de Sica all had important roots in the Fascist era, as did the Venice Film Festival. While government censorship loomed over Italian filmmaking, it did not prevent frank depictions of sexuality and representations of men and women that challenged official gender policies. Re-viewing Fascism brings together scholars from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds as it offers an engaging and innovative look into Italian cinema, Fascist culture, and society.
“A Hero Will Endure”: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of 'Gladiator'
This volume adds to previous historical and political studies about 'Gladiator' with essays about the movie’s relation to pop culture and contemporary discourses. It not only relates 'Gladiator' to traditional cinema aspects such as heroism, music, acting, studio culture, and visual effects, but it also connects the film to sports, religion, and the environment, expanding the ways in which the film can be evaluated by modern audiences. The volume can be read by individuals or in classroom settings, especially as a recommended text for students studying the ancient world in film.
Masters of Cinema: Orson Welles
Orson Welles was a complete auteur, a brilliant director and scriptwriter, a prodigious actor of memorable physique and a figure of legend.
Methodological Advances in the Culture, Manipulation and Utilization of Embryonic Stem Cells for Basic and Practical Applications
Pluripotent stem cells have the potential to revolutionise medicine, providing treatment options for a wide range of diseases and conditions that currently lack therapies or cures. This book describes methodological advances in the culture and manipulation of embryonic stem cells that will serve to bring this promise to practice.
Le conseguenze dell'attore
La meraviglia dello spettatore, scoperta da ragazzo nei teatri e nei cineclub napoletani. L'avventura della recitazione, per lungo tempo ostinatamente ed esclusivamente sulle assi del palcoscenico. Infine la scoperta del cinema, della possibilità di dare voce, volto e anima a personaggi che rimarranno nella memoria e nei cuori di un vasto pubblico. Sono le tappe di un'esperienza artistica che Toni Servillo ripercorre in questo dialogo scanzonato e insieme profondo con Paolo Mereghetti, in cui trovano posto considerazioni professionali, come il ricordo del lavoro con i grandi registi e l'importanza della scelta di una sceneggiatura, ma anche riflessioni più ampie sul modo in cui l'arte risuona con un'epoca e con un clima sociale, e sulla conseguente responsabilità dell'attore. Che è tessitore di sogni ma anche e soprattutto interprete e costruttore della realtà.
