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alt="flag of Italy"></td></tr></table> <p><table border=0><tr><td valign=center><b> <a href=foreign.htm>Foreign Cinema Pages</a> <br><a href=foreignAS.htm>Cinema of Asia Page</a> <br><a href=foreignCA.htm>Cinema of Canada Page</a> <br><a href=foreignCH.htm>Cinema of China Page</a> <br><a href=foreignFR.htm>Cinema of France Pages</a> <br><a href=foreignDE.htm>Cinema of Germany Page</a> <br><a href=foreignIN.htm>Cinema of India Page</a> <br><a href=foreignJP.htm>Cinema of Japan Page</a> <br><a href=foreignMX.htm>Cinema of Mexico Page</a> <br><a href=foreignRU.htm>Cinema of Russia Page</a> <br><a href=foreignSP.htm>Cinema of Spain Page</a> </b></td><td>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/moviecrewatCinecitta.jpg width=299 height=183 alt="Italian movie crew at work on the Cinecitta Studios Roman-era backlot">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp; </td><td align=right valign=center><b>here on page two: <p><a href=#books>books on Italian Cinema</a> <br><a href="#newest">newest books</a> <p><a href=#actors>actors (and others) of Italy</a> <p><a href=#movies>selected movies of Italy</a> <br><a href="#soon">NEW movies, coming soon</a> <p>back on page one: <br><a href=foreignIT.htm#directors>filmmakers of Italy</a> <br><a href=foreignIT.htm#links>links</a> </b></td></tr></table> <p><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/4484/?field-keywords=Italy+cinema" target="_blank">browse cinema book catalog / Italy at Amazon.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/284931/" target="_blank">Italy's films on DVD at Amazon.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/162184/" target="_blank">Italy's films on VHS at Amazon.com</a> <p><a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=53245" target="_blank">Italian Movies poster catalog at AllPosters.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=79352" target="_blank">Italian-Language Movie Posters catalog at AllPosters.com</a> <p><br><a name="books"> </a><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Books &nbsp;on &nbsp;Italian &nbsp;Cinema</b></big></big></font> <p><table border=0 width=700> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Notebooks of Serafino Gubbio novel by Luigi Pirandello" width=106 height=157 src="covers/PirandelloShoot1915.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Shoot!: The Notebooks of Serafino Gubbio, Cinematograph Operator"<br>[Italy 1915, English 1927]<br>novel by Luigi Pirandello [1867-1936], Nobel Laureate</big><br>Italian title: "Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio, Operatore" <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226669823/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ Chicago Press 8x5&frac14 pb [1/2006] for $18.00</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226669815/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ Chicago Press 8x5&frac12 hardcover [1/2006] for $45.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present book by Mira Liehm" width=104 height=156 src="covers/PassionDefianceFilmInItalyML.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Passion and Defiance: Film In Italy From 1942 To The Present" [1984]<br>by Mira Liehm</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520057449/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press 8&frac34x6 pb [3/86] for $33.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520050207/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press hardcover [9/84] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism book by Millicent Marcus" border=1 width=105 height=169 src="covers/ItalianFilmLightNeorealismMM.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Film In The Light of Neorealism" [1987]<br>by Millicent Marcus</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691102082/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Princeton Univ Press 8&frac14x5&frac12 pb [3/87] for $42.75</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691054894/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Princeton Univ Press hardcover [3/87] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Cinema & Literary Adaptation book by Millicent Marcus" border=1 width=105 height=158 src="covers/FilmmakingByTheBookItalianMM.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"Filmmaking By The Book: Italian Cinema and Literary Adaptation"<br>[1992] by Millicent Marcus</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/080184455X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/92] for $22.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801844541/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9&frac12x6 hardcover [12/92] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian National Cinema book by Pierre Sorlin" width=100 height=148 src="covers/ItalianNatlCinemaPS.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian National Cinema, 1886-1986" [1996]<br>by Pierre Sorlin</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415116988/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Routledge 9&frac14x6&frac14 pb [9/96] for $31.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/041511697X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Routledge 9&frac14x6&frac14 hardcover [9/96] for $125.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Film" width=100 height=155 src="covers/ItalianFilmML.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Film" [2000]<br>by Marcia Landy</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521649773/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Cambridge Univ Press 9&frac14x6&frac14 pb [4/2000] for $49.00</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521640091/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Cambridge Univ Press 9&frac12x6&frac12 hardcover [4/2000] for $95.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Cinema" width=104 height=148 src="covers/ItalianCinemaPB.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Cinema: From Neorealism To The Present"<br>[orig 1990; rev 2001] by Peter Bondanella</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826412475/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Continuum International Publng 8x5&frac12 3rd edition 8x5&frac12 pb [4/2001] for $29.95</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian National Cinema in the Postmodern Age book by Millicent Marcus" border=1 width=105 height=159 src="covers/AfterFelliniItalianNationalCinemaMM.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"After Fellini: National Cinema In The Postmodern Age" [2002]<br>by Millicent Marcus</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801868475/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2002] for $25.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Film Posters" width=105 height=133 src="covers/ItalianFilmPostersDK.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Film Posters" [2003]<br>by Dave Kehr</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870706926/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Art 11&frac14x9&frac12 pb [10/2003] for $27.96</a> </td></tr> </table> <p><table border=0 width=770> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Cinema of Italy" width=104 height=132 src="covers/CinemaItalyGB.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Cinema of Italy: 24 Films, 1932-1994" [2004]<br>Edited by Giorgio Bertellini</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903364981/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Wallflower Press 9x7&frac12 pb [9/2004] for $29.50</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/190336499X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Wallflower Press 9&frac12x7&frac12 hardcover [9/2004] for $80.00</a> <br><font color=maroon>includes chapters on "Paisan" [1946] by Rossellini; "The Bicycle Thieves" [1948] by De Sica; "Bitter Rice" [1949]; "Senso" [1954] by Visconti; "La Strada" [1954] by <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Fellini</a>; "Two Women" [1960] by De Sica; "Rocco and His Brothers" [1960] by Visconti; "Accattone" [1961] by Pasolini; "Divorce, Italian Style" [1961]; "Il Posto" [1961]; <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/lantern/Fellini8half.htm" target="_blank">"8 1/2" [1963]</a> by <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Fellini</a>; "Red Desert" [1964] by Antonioni; "A Fistful of Dollars" [1964]; "The Conformist" [1970] by Bertolucci; "Love and Anarchy" [1973] by Lina Wertmüller; "La Grande Bouffe" [1973]; "The Night Porter" [1974]; "Deep Red" [1975] by Dario Argento; "Padre Padrone" [1977]; "Dear Diary" [1993]; and "Lamerica" [1994]</font> </td></tr></table> <p><table border=0 width=700> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Once Upon A Time In The Italian West" width=104 height=148 src="covers/OnceUponItalianWestHH.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Once Upon A Time In The Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide To Spaghetti Westerns" [2004]<br>by Howard Hughes</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/185043896X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">I.B. Tauris 9&frac12x6&frac34 pb [5/2006] for $15.56</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1850434301/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">I.B. Tauris 9&frac34x6&frac34 hardcover [12/2004] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Cinema book by Mary P. Wood" width=106 height=147 src="covers/ItalianCinemaMPW.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Cinema" [2005]<br>by Mary P. Wood</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845201620/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Berg Publrs 9&frac12x6&frac34 pb [7/2005] for $31.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845201612/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Berg Publrs 9&frac12x6&frac12 hardcover pb [7/2005] for $95.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Neorealism book by Mark Shiel" width=105 height=140 src="covers/ItalianNeorealismMS.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding The Cinematic City" [2005]<br>by Mark Shiel</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904764487/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Wallflower Press 7&frac12x6 pb [12/2005] for $20.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Art of Italian Film Posters" src="covers/ArtItalianFilmPostersMB.gif" width=100 height=134>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Art of Italian Film Posters" [2006]<br>by Mel Bagshaw</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904772315/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Black Dog 12x9 pb [2/2006] for $30.36</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Spaghetti Westerns by Frayling" border=1 width=104 height=135 src="covers/SpaghettiWesternsCF.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys & Europeans From Karl May To Sergio Leone" [orig 1981; rev 2006]<br>by Christopher Frayling</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845112075/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">I.B. Tauris 9&frac14x7&frac14 pb [4/2006] for $17.21</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="New Guide to Italian Cinema book by Carlo Celli & Marga Cottino-Jones" border=1 width=104 height=157 src="covers/NewGuideItalianCinemaCC.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"A New Guide To Italian Cinema" [2007]<br>by Carlo Celli & Marga Cottino-Jones</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403975655/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Palgrave Macmillan 9x6 pb [1/2007] for $22.45</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403975604/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Palgrave Macmillan 8&frac14x6&frac14 hardcover [1/2007] for $90.05</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Neorealist Cinema book by Christopher Wagstaff" width=106 height=160 src="covers/ItalianNeorealistCinemaCW.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach" [2008]<br>by Christopher Wagstaff</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802095208/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ Toronto Press 8&frac34x6 pb [1/2008] for $35.97</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802097618/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ Toronto Press 8&frac34x6 hardcover [1/2008] for $93.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Film and Society book by Steven Ricci" border=1 width=105 height=156 src="covers/CinemaFascismItalianFilmSR.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film & Society, 1922-1943" [2008]<br>by Steven Ricci</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520253566/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press 8&frac34x6 pb [2/2008] for $24.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520253558/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2008] for $43.80</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Diva, Defiance & Passion in Early Italian Cinema book by Angela Dalle Vacche" border=1 width=105 height=151 src="covers/DivaEarlyItalianCinemaADV.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Diva: Defiance and Passion In Early Italian Cinema" [2008]<br>by Angela Dalle Vacche</big><br><font color=maroon>The diva film of Italy was a genre of the very early Silent Era that offered women a vision of possible emancipation and self-discovery; book analyzes over 70 films</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0292717113/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ TX Press 10x7 pb [3/2008] for $34.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0292716613/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ TX Press 10x7&frac14 hardcover [3/2008] for $70.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Stardom, Italian Style book by Marcia Landy" border=1 width=105 height=150 src="covers/StardomItalianStyleML.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Stardom, Italian Style: Screen Performance & Personality In Italian Cinema" [2008]<br>by Marcia Landy</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0253220084/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $22.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0253351081/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Indiana Univ Press 9&frac12x6&frac12 hardcover [3/2008] for $60.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Post-War Italian Cinema book by Daniela Treveri Gennari" width=106 height=166 src="covers/PostWarItalianCinemaDTG.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Post-War Italian Cinema: American Intervention, Vatican Interests" [2008]<br>by Daniela Treveri Gennari</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/041588778X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Routledge 9x6 pb [11/2010] for $28.51</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415962870/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Routledge 9x6 hardcover [12/2008] for $111.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="History of Italian Cinema from Its Origins to the 21st Century book by Gian Piero Brunetta" width=105 height=163 src="covers/HistoryItalianFilmGPB.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide To Italian Film From Its Origins To The Twenty-First Century" [2009]<br>by Gian Piero Brunetta, Translated by Jeremy Parzen</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691119880/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Princeton Univ Press 9&frac14x6&frac12 hardcover [4/2009] for $30.60</a> <br><a name="newest"> </a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italy in Early American Cinema book by Giorgio Bertellini" width=106 height=160 src="covers/ItalyInEarlyAmericanCinemaGB.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italy In Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and The Picturesque" [2009]<br>by Giorgio Bertellini</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0253221285/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/2009] for $16.25</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0253353726/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Indiana Univ Press 9&frac14x6&frac12 hardcover [11/2009] for $65.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Popular Italian Cinema book by edited Flavia Brizio-Skov" border=1 width=106 height=165 src="covers/PopularItalianCinemaPostwarFBS.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Popular Italian Cinema: Culture and Politics In A Postwar&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif><br> Society" [2011]<br>Edited by Flavia Brizio-Skov</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848855729/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Tauris Academic Studies hardcover [11/2011] for $81.37</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian Neorealist Cinema book by Torunn Haaland" width=106 height=159 src="covers/ItalianNeorealistCinemaTH.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Italian Neorealist Cinema" [2012]&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif><br>by Torunn Haaland</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0748636110/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Edinburgh Univ Press hardcover [1/2012] for $105.00</a> </td></tr> </table> <p><a href=foreign2.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Foreign Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignAS.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Asian Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Canadian Cinema</a> <br> <a href=foreignCh.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Chinese Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignFR2.htm#books target="_blank">Books on French Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignDE.htm#books target="_blank">Books on German Cinema</a> <br> <a href=foreignIN.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Cinema of India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignJP.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Japanese Cinema</a> <br> <a href=foreignMX.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Mexican Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Russian Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Cinema of Spain</a> <p><br><a name="actors"> </a><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Actors&nbsp&nbsp&amp&nbsp&nbsp;Others&nbsp&nbsp;of&nbsp&nbsp;Italy</b></big></big></font> <p><a href=foreign2.htm#actors target="_blank">Foreign Actors</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignAS.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Asia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Canada</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCH.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of China</a> <br> <a href=foreignFR2.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of France</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignDE.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Germany</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIN.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignJP.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Japan</a> <br> <a href=foreignMX.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Mexico</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Russia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Spain</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><big><big><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></big></big></font> <p>Laura Antonelli <br>Rossano Brazzi <br>Claudia Cardinale <br>Adolfo Celi <br>Vittorio Gassman <br>Giancarlo Giannini <br>Sylva Koscina <br>Gina Lollobrigida <br>Sophia Loren <p><font face=webdings color=orange><big><big><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></big></big></font> <p>Anna Magnani [1908-73] <br>longtime friend & inspiration to <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/TennWilliams.htm" target="_blank">American author Tennessee Williams [1911-83]</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><big><big><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></big></big></font> <br>Silvana Mangano <p><font face=webdings color=orange><big><big><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></big></big></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><big><b>Giulietta&nbsp&nbspMasina</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1921-94]</big> <br><small><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556399/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulietta_Masina" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p><font face=webdings size=6 color=orange><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><big><b>Marcello&nbsp&nbspMastroianni</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1924-96]</big><br><small> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000052/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcello_Mastroianni" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></small> <p>"Lo Straniero" [1967 Italian feature film]<small><br>Directed by Luchino Visconti; based on "The Stranger" [1942] by <a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/maison/Camus.htm" target="_blank">Albert Camus</a>; starring Marcello Mastroianni,<br>Anna Karina & Bernard Blier; VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062310/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a></small> <p>starred in <a href=Fellini8half.htm target="_blank">"Fellini's 8½" [1963]</a> <p><font face=webdings size=6 color=orange><b>¯&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;¯</b></font> <p><big>composer&nbsp&nbsp;<font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Mario Nascimbene</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1913-2002]</big> <p><font face=webdings size=6 color=orange><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></font> <p>Franco Nero <br>Isabella Rossellini <p><font face=webdings size=6 color=orange><b>¯&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;¯</b></font> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="co-won Oscar for Best Music Score for &quot;The Godfather: Part II&quot; [1974]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><big>film composer&nbsp&nbsp;<font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Nino Rota</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1911-79]</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/stores/artist/glance/-/36403/" target="_blank">browse film music</a> <font face=webdings color=black size=2>¯</font> <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000065/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> <font face=webdings color=black size=2>¯</font> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Rota" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></big> </td></tr></table> <p>composed music for <a href=Fellini8half.htm target="_blank">"Fellini's 8½" [1963]</a> <br>composed Oscar-winning music for <a href=godfather.htm target="_blank">'The Godfather Saga'</a> <p><table border=0 width=700> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Nino Rota Music For Film soundtrack album" border=1 width=120 height=118 src="covers/sNRmusicforfilmMuti.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Nino Rota: Music For Film" [1998]<br>Composed by Nino Rota</big><br>Performed by Filarmonica della Scala, conducted by Riccardo Muti <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000029ZF/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">soundtrack CD [1/98] 30 tracks for $11.98</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="La Dolce Vita & Italian Style Comedies soundtrack album" width=120 height=119 src="covers/sNRladolcevita&commedia.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"<i>La Dolce Vita</i> e La Commedia all'Italiana" soundtrack album [1999]<br>Composed by Nino Rota</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IKOQ/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Cam soundtrack CD [2/99] 18 tracks for $21.97</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Film Music of Nino Rota soundtrack album" border=1 width=120 height=120 src="covers/sNRfilmmusicMP.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Film Music of Nino Rota" [2000]<br>Composed by Nino Rota</big>, with Massimo Palumbo on piano <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000038I6T/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Chandos soundtrack CD [1/2000] for $18.98</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection soundtrack album" width=119 height=120 src="covers/sNRessential filmmusic.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection" [2003]<br>Composed by Nino Rota</big><br>Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Derek Wadsworth & others <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AGWLP/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Silva America soundtrack CD [8/2003] 28 tracks on 2 disks for $22.98</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Music From The Classic Films of Federico Fellini" width=119 height=119 src="covers/sFelliniRota.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Symphonic Fellini Rota: Music From The Classic Films of Federico Fellini" [2005] Composed by Nino Rota</big><br>Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Derek Wadsworth <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009JPVNI/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Silva America soundtrack CD [6/2005] 15 tracks for $12.98</a> </td></tr></table> <font face=webdings color=orange><big><big><b>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</b></big></big></font> <p>Stefania Sandrelli <br>Alberto Sordi <br>Ugo Tognazzi <br>Alida Valli <br>Monica Vitti <p><br><a name="movies"> </a><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Selected&nbsp&nbsp;Movies&nbsp&nbsp;of&nbsp&nbsp;Italy</b></big><br> { in chronological order }</big></font> <br>Italy's films have received 3 early Honorary Oscar Awards, 10 Best Foreign Language Oscar® wins<br>{<a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Fellini</a> won four!}, among 27 Best Foreign Film nominations. <br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" target="_blank">Wikipedia's list of Italy's submissions for Oscar consideration</a> <p>jump to <a href="#soon">NEW movies, coming soon</a> <p>Selected films of:&nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignAS.htm#movies target="_blank">Asia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#movies target="_blank">Canada</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCH.htm#movies target="_blank">China</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignFR.htm#movies target="_blank">France</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignDE.htm#movies target="_blank">Germany</a> <br> <a href=foreignIN.htm#movies target="_blank">India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignJP.htm#movies target="_blank">Japan</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignMX.htm#movies target="_blank">Mexico</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#movies target="_blank">Russia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#movies target="_blank">Spain</a> <p><table border=0 width=680><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano documentary directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi" width=100 height=150 src=covers/dBellissimoGM.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Bellissimo: Images of The Italian Cinema" [Istituto Luce, Italy 1985]</big><br><font color=maroon>110-minute Italian-language documentary on the cinema of Italy</font> Directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi; featuring Dario Argento, Cinecittà Studios, <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Federico Fellini</a>, Sergio Leone, Giuseppe Rotunno, the Venice Film Festival, Luchino Visconti & Lina Wertmüller <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302037670/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Water Bearer Films color DVD [4/91] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092635/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0 width=730><tr><td align=center><font color=black>Important and-or classic Italian movies that will be added below include: "Paisan" [1946] by Rossellini; "Bitter Rice" [1949]; "Senso" [1954] by Visconti; Oscar-winning "Two Women" [1960] by De Sica; "Rocco and His Brothers" [1960] by Visconti; "Accattone" [1961] by Pasolini; "Divorce, Italian Style" [1961]; "Il Posto" [1961]; "Red Desert" [1964] by Antonioni; "A Fistful of Dollars" [1964]; "Love and Anarchy" [1973] by Lina Wertmüller; "La Grande Bouffe" [1973]; "The Night Porter" [1974]; "Deep Red" [1975] by Dario Argento; "Padre Padrone" [1977]; "Dear Diary" [1993]; and "Lamerica" [1994]</font></td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Cabiria"</b></font> [Italy April 1914; restored 1985] <table border=0 width=750><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Cabiria / D'Annunzio poster" width=104 height=154 src=covers/pCabiria.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>"One of the most influential films ever made ... visually stunning." Set against the Punic Wars, a little princess, believed killed in a volcanic eruption, is then kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery in Carthage. A Roman noble and his slave save the girl from sacrifice to the local god Moloch, and she then becomes the slave of the queen. Ten years later, Carthage falls to the Roman army, and Princess Cabiria is able to return home.</font> Produced, co-written & directed by Giovanni Pastrone; co-written by Gabriele D'Annunzio, based on a book by Titus Livus; starring Carolina Catena, Letizia Quarante, Umberto Mozzato, Bartolomeo Pagano, Italia Almirante-Manzini & Gina Marangoni<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004Z4TJ/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Kino Video tinted b&w DVD [11/2000] for $26.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6301826566/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Kino Video tinted b&w VHS [11/98] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0003740/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Shoeshine"</b> aka "Sciuscià"</font> [Italy 1947]</big> <br>Directed by Vittorio de Sica </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"The&nbsp&nbsp;Bicycle&nbsp&nbsp;Thieves"</b></font> [Italy Nov 1948, USA Dec 1949]<br>aka <font face="arial,helvetica" size=5>"Ladri di biciclette"</font> <table border=0 width=800><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film">&nbsp&nbsp; <img alt="The Bicycle Thief poster" width=106 height=158 src=covers/pBicycleThief.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>Considered a masterpiece; the correct title is "The Bicycle Thieves". An unemployed father finally finds work in hard-scrabble post-WWII Rome, and his precious bicycle is stolen on the first day.</font> Co-produced, co-written & directed by Vittorio de Sica; starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda & Vittorio Antonucci; nominated for Best Screenplay Oscar, won Honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KRNGO0/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Criterion restored b&w DVD [2/2007] 2 disks for $16.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305081034/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Image Ent. b&w subtitled DVD [11/98] for $18.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304963173/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Allied Artists b&w VHS [4/98] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JVX9XK/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">dark 11"x17" poster {above} from Amazon for $9.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000JVX9WQ/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">11"x17" Italian color poster from Amazon for $9.99</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Senso"</b></font> [Italy 1954] <br>Directed by Visconti; new DVD in 2011 <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Viaggio&nbsp&nbsp;In&nbsp&nbsp;Italia (Journey To Italy)"</b></font><br>[Italy Sept 1954, USA Sept 1955] <br>/tt0046511/ Co-written & directed by Roberto Rossellini; co-written by Vitaliano Brancati, based on the<br>Colette novel "Duo"; starring Ingrid Bergman & George Sanders; said to be the inspiration for <a href=JLGodard.htm target="_blank">Jean-Luc<br>Godard</a>'s "Contempt" [1963] and Kiarostami's "Certified Copy" [2010] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"La&nbsp&nbsp;Strada"</b></font> [Italy Sept 1954, USA July 1956] <table border=0 width=775><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won the first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1954">&nbsp&nbsp;<img alt="Fellini's La Strada poster" width=99 height=140 src=covers/pFFlaStrada.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>During the hardscrabble times of post-WWII Italy, a gypsy strongman entertainer buys a young girl to act as his assistant. This is a love story &ndash; a tragic one.</font> Co-written & directed by <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Federico Fellini</a>; music by Nino Rota; starring Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart & Aldo Silvani; <b>won the first official Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film</b>, Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JKGQ/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Criterion b&w DVD [8/00] 2 disks for $38.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001A5E/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Homevision b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0047528/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Strada_%28film%29" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&item=3399113" target="_blank">12"x16" Italian-language poster available at AllPosters.com</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="La Strada script & critical text" width=100 height=150 src="covers/FFlaStradascript.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><br><big>"La Strada" [1987]<br>critical text edited by Peter Bondanella & Manuela Gieri</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813512379/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Rutgers Univ Press 8&frac34x6 pb [12/87] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big> <font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Nights of Cabiria"</b></font> aka <font face="arial,helvetica">"Le Notti di Cabiria"</font> [Italy 1957]</big> <br>Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, directed by <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Federico Fellini</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Boccaccio '70"</b>&nbsp&nbsp;anthology film</font><br>[Embassy Pictures; Italy Feb 1962, USA June 1962] <table border=0 width=800><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Boccaccio '70 Italian anthology movie" border=1 width=106 height=158 src=covers/dBoccaccio70.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td>Four segments based on an original idea of Cesare Zavattini; produced by Carlo Ponti & Tonino Cervi: <b>Vittorio De Sica</b> directed "La Riffa" starring Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani & Alfio Vita; <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank"><b>Federico Fellini</b></a> co-wrote & directed "Le Tentazioni del Dottor Antonio (The Temptation of Dr. Antonio)" starring Anita Ekberg & Peppino De Filippo; <b>Mario Monicelli</b> co-wrote & directed "Renzo e Luciana"; and <b>Luchino Visconti</b> co-wrote & directed "Il Lavoro" starring Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian & Romolo Valli <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0025TURZC/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Mr. Bongo Films remastered widescreen color DVD [6/2009] for $26.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00080OB9I/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">NoShame Films widescreen color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks - out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0055805/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio_%2770" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Mafiosos"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[Italy 1962, Rialto re-release 2007] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Fellini's 8½"</b> aka "Otto e mezzo"</font> [Italy 1963]</big><br>Co-written & directed by <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Federico Fellini [1920-93]</a><br>listed on <u>Time Magazine</u>'s All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005)</td></tr></table> <p><a href=Fellini8half.htm target="_blank">Magic Lantern's "Fellini's 8½" 1963 Movie Page</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[Italy Feb 1970]<br><small> by Elio Petri; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film</small> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font face="arial,helvetica">"The&nbsp&nbsp;Conformist"</b></font> [Italy Oct 1970] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="The Conformist movie" width=107 height=149 src=covers/dTheConformist.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>A minor bureaucrat takes a job with the Mussolini government and marries a politically-connected young beauty; he is asked to visit an expatriate professor while on his honeymoon in Paris, and is given a gun and silencer at the border.</font> Written & directed by Bernardo Bertolucci; based on a novel {below} by Alberto Moravia; cinematography by Vittorio Storaro; starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti, José Quaglio, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clémenti & Yvonne Sanson; Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Adaptation <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IHYXH6/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount widescreen color DVD [12/2006] for $12.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300216373/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Paramount color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="The Conformist 1947 novel" width=100 height=152 src="covers/TheConformistAM.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><br><big>based on the 1947 novel by Alberto Moravia [1907-90]</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1883642655/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Steerforth Italia 8&frac12x5&frac12 pb [11/99] for $13.26</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big> <font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"The Garden of The Finzi-Continis"</b></font> [Italy 1971]</big> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big> <font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Amarcord"</b></font> [Italy 1974] <br>Directed by <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Federico Fellini</a></big> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font face="arial,helvetica">"Nuovo &nbsp;Cinema &nbsp;Paradiso"</b></font><br>[Italy 1988; 155 min. release]</big> <table border=0 width=750><tr valign=top><td align=right><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990">&nbsp&nbsp;<img alt="Cinema Paradiso video" height=140 src="covers/vCinemaParadiso.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td>Written & directed by Giuseppe Tornatore; starring Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio & Brigitte Fossey (director's cut only); <b>won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film</b>, 5 BAFTAs, Jury Grand Prize at Cannes & other awards; at end of 2011, holds #17 <a href=boxoffice.htm target="_blank">box office</a> ranking, at $12,397,210 worldwide gross <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0033PQUXA/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Miramax widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2011] for $9.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004SIP6E0/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">LionsGate widescreen color DVD [4/2011] for $9.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305648522/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">HBO widescreen color DVD [3/2001] for $29.57</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302000823/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">HBO color VHS [3/2001] for $7.80</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630200084X/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">HBO color VHS [12/94] for $9.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000PH6/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Ennio Morricone soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005J6WZ/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">DRG 'Extra Tracks' CD [6/2001] for $17.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Paradiso" target="_blank">movie entry at Wikipedia</a> <br><big>June 2002 Director's Cut [3 hour release]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/alternateversions" target="_blank">info on different versions from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><big><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"Il Postino"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[Italy 1995]</big> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Life-Beautiful-Claudio-Alfonsi/dp/B00001U0DP/ <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"My&nbsp&nbspVoyage&nbsp&nbspTo&nbsp&nbspItaly"</b> aka "Il Mio Viaggio"</font><br>[Miramax; Italy Sept 1999, USA Oct 2001] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Scorsese's My Voyage To Italy movie poster" border=1 width=102 height=152 src=covers/pMSvoyagetoItaly.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br>Co-written, directed & hosted by <a href=Scorsese.htm target="_blank">Martin Scorsese</a>; filmmakers covered include Rossellini, De&nbsp;Sica, Visconti, <a href=Fellini.htm target="_blank">Fellini</a> & Antonioni <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000092T5D/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Miramax widescreen b&w/color DVD [7/2004] 2 disks for $17.99</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0173772/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica" size=5><b>"Rosso Come il Cielo"</b><br>aka "Red Like The Sky"</font> [Orisa Italy March 2007]<table border=0 width=730><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Rosso Come il Cielo 2006 Italian film" border=1 width=105 height=166 src=covers/pRossoComeilCielo.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>Set in Tuscany in 1970; a ten-year-old boy passionate about cinema has an accident and loses his sight; he is sent to a special school for the blind which considers him as handicapped, which means no schooling, no recreation, no future. But he discovers the world of sound and teaches himself to edit together a series of aural fairy tales.</font> Co-written & directed by Cristiano Bortone; starring Luca Capriotti; won David di Donatello Youth Award, many festival prizes <br>Region 1 video/DVD not available at Amazon <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0450121/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.rossocomeilcielo.it/" target="_blank">official movie site {in Italian}</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><b>"The Sicilian Girl"</b><br>aka "La Siciliana Ribelle"</font> [Italy Feb 2009, USA Aug 2010] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Italian movie &quot;The Sicilian Girl&quot; [2009]" width=105 height=156 src="covers/pSicilianGirl.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>When her mobster father is killed, a young girl begins taking notes of the crimes committed by the Sicilian Mafia; when her brother is killed, she steps forward to testify in court.</font> Co-written & directed by Marco Amenta; starring Veronica D'Agostino, Gérard Jugnot, Francesco Casisa, Marcello Mazzarella, Mario Pupella & Paolo Briguglia <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0043CT9E4/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Music Box Films widescreen color DVD [11/2010] for $20.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213926/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.musicboxfilms.com/the-sicilian-girl" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr></table> <a name="soon"> </a> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><img src=images/films.gif> <p><big><a href=foreignIT.htm>back to 'Cinema of Italy' Page 1</a></big> <p><big>Magic Lantern's 'Cinema of Italy' Pages</big> <br><a href=foreignIT.htm#directors>Filmmakers</a>&nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignIT.htm#links>Links</a>&nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=#books>Books</a>&nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=#actors>Actors</a>&nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=#movies>Selected Movies</a> <p>Online sales in association with&nbsp&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/284931/" target="_blank"><img border=0 width=100 height=30 src=images/amazon.gif alt="Italy's films on DVD at Amazon"></a>&nbsp&nbsp and &nbsp&nbsp<a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=53245" target="_blank"><img src=images/allposters.gif border=0 width=110 height=32 alt="Italian Movies poster catalog at AllPosters.com"></a> <p><hr width=450 color=magenta> <p><a href=foreign.htm>back to Foreign Cinema Page</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignAS.htm>Cinema of Asia Page</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignCA.htm>Cinema of Canada Page</a><p> <a href=foreignCH.htm>Cinema of China Page</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignFR.htm>Cinema of France Pages</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignDE.htm>Cinema of Germany Page</a><p>Cinema of Italy {these pages}&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignIN.htm>Cinema of India Page</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignJP.htm>Cinema of Japan Page</a><p><a href=foreignMX.htm>Cinema of Mexico Page</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignRU.htm>Cinema of Russia Page</a>&nbsp&nbsp; " &nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignSP.htm>Cinema of Spain Page</a> <p><a href=#top>top of this page</a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <font face=webdings color=red><big><big>·</big></big></font> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<a href=index.htm>back to Magic Lantern homepage</a> <p><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="http://hits.webstat.com/cgi-bin/wsv2.cgi?52732"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.webstat.com"><img SRC="http://hits.webstat.com/scripts/wsb.php?ac=52732" border="0" alt="WebSTAT - Free Web Statistics"></a></noscript> </center> </body> </html>