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Books on Italian Cinema
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"The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide To Italian Film  From Its Origins To The Twenty-First Century" [2009] by Gian Piero Brunetta, Translated by Jeremy Parzen Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2009] for $28.00 |
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"Stardom, Italian Style: Screen Performance & Personality In Italian Cinema" [2008] by Marcia Landy Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $22.95 Indiana Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2008] for $60.00 |
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"Diva: Defiance and Passion In Early Italian Cinema" [2008] by Angela Dalle Vacche 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 Univ TX Press 10x7 pb [3/2008] for $34.95 Univ TX Press 10x7¼ hardcover [3/2008] for $70.00 |
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"Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film & Society, 1922-1943" [2008] by Steven Ricci Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2008] for $24.95 Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2008] for $43.80 |
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"Italian Neorealist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach" [2007] by Christopher Wagstaff Univ Toronto Press 8¾x6 pb [12/2007] for $29.53 Univ Toronto Press 8¾x6 hardcover [12/2007] for $90.00 |
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"A New Guide To Italian Cinema" [2007] by Carlo Celli & Marga Cottino-Jones Palgrave Macmillan 9x6 pb [1/2007] for $22.45 Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2007] for $90.05 |
 | "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys & Europeans From Karl May To Sergio Leone" [orig 1981; rev 2006] by Christopher Frayling I.B. Tauris 9¼x7¼ pb [4/2006] for $17.21 |
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"The Art of Italian Film Posters" [2006] by Mel Bagshaw Black Dog 12x9 pb [2/2006] for $30.36 |
 | "Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding The Cinematic City" [2005] by Mark Shiel Wallflower Press 7½x6 pb [12/2005] for $20.00 |
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"Italian Cinema" [2005] by Mary P. Wood Berg Publrs 9½x6¾ pb [7/2005] for $31.95 Berg Publrs 9½x6½ hardcover pb [7/2005] for $95.00 |
 | "Once Upon A Time In The Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide To Spaghetti Westerns" [2004] by Howard Hughes I.B. Tauris 9½x6¾ pb [5/2006] for $15.56 I.B. Tauris 9¾x6¾ hardcover [12/2004] out of print/used |
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"The Cinema of Italy: 24 Films, 1932-1994" [2004] Edited by Giorgio Bertellini Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [9/2004] for $29.50 Wallflower Press 9½x7½ hardcover [9/2004] for $80.00 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 Fellini; "Two Women" [1960] by De Sica; "Rocco and His Brothers" [1960] by Visconti; "Accattone" [1961] by Pasolini; "Divorce, Italian Style" [1961]; "Il Posto" [1961]; "8 1/2" [1963] by Fellini; "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] |
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"Italian Film Posters" [2003] by Dave Kehr Museum of Modern Art 11¼x9½ pb [10/2003] for $27.96 |
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"After Fellini: National Cinema In The Postmodern Age" [2002] by Millicent Marcus Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2002] for $25.00 |
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"Italian Cinema: From Neorealism To The Present" [orig 1990; rev 2001] by Peter Bondanella Continuum International Publng 8x5½ 3rd edition 8x5½ pb [4/2001] for $29.95 |
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"Italian Film" [2000] by Marcia Landy Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [4/2000] for $49.00 Cambridge Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2000] for $95.00 |
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"Italian National Cinema, 1886-1986" [1996] by Pierre Sorlin Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [9/96] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/96] for $125.00 |
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"Filmmaking By The Book: Italian Cinema and Literary Adaptation" [1992] by Millicent Marcus Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/92] for $22.95 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9½x6 hardcover [12/92] out of print/used |
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"Italian Film In The Light of Neorealism" [1987] by Millicent Marcus Princeton Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [3/87] for $42.75 Princeton Univ Press hardcover [3/87] out of print/used |
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"Passion and Defiance: Film In Italy From 1942 To The Present" [1984] by Mira Liehm Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [3/86] for $33.95 Univ CA Press hardcover [9/84] out of print/used |
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"Shoot!: The Notebooks of Serafino Gubbio, Cinematograph Operator" [Italy 1915, English 1927] novel by Luigi Pirandello [1867-1936], Nobel Laureate Italian title: "Quaderni di Serafino Gubbio, Operatore" Univ Chicago Press 8x5¼ pb [1/2006] for $18.00 Univ Chicago Press 8x5½ hardcover [1/2006] for $45.00 |
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Actors & Others of Italy
Foreign Actors
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Actors of Mexico
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Laura Antonelli
Rossano Brazzi
Claudia Cardinale
Adolfo Celi
Vittorio Gassman
Giancarlo Giannini
Sylva Koscina
Gina Lollobrigida
Sophia Loren
Anna Magnani
Silvana Mangano
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Giulietta Masina [1921-94]
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
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Marcello Mastroianni [1924-96]
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
"Lo Straniero" [1967 Italian feature film]
Directed by Luchino Visconti; based on "The Stranger" [1942] by Albert Camus; starring Marcello Mastroianni,
Anna Karina & Bernard Blier; VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb
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composer Mario Nascimbene [1913-2002]
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Franco Nero
Isabella Rossellini
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![co-won Oscar for Best Music Score for "The Godfather: Part II" [1974]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | film composer Nino Rota [1911-79]
browse film music ¯ IMDb listing ¯ Wikipedia |
composed music for "Fellini's 8½" [1963]
composed Oscar-winning music for 'The Godfather Saga'
 | "The Symphonic Fellini Rota: Music From The Classic Films of Federico Fellini" [2005] Composed by Nino Rota Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Derek Wadsworth Silva America soundtrack CD [6/2005] 15 tracks for $12.98 |
 | "The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection" [2003] Composed by Nino Rota Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Derek Wadsworth & others Silva America soundtrack CD [8/2003] 28 tracks on 2 disks for $22.98 |
 | "The Film Music of Nino Rota" [2000] Composed by Nino Rota, with Massimo Palumbo on piano Chandos soundtrack CD [1/2000] for $18.98 |
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"La Dolce Vita e La Commedia all'Italiana" soundtrack album [1999] Composed by Nino Rota Cam soundtrack CD [2/99] 18 tracks for $21.97 |
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"Nino Rota: Music For Film" [1998] Composed by Nino Rota Performed by Filarmonica della Scala, conducted by Riccardo Muti soundtrack CD [1/98] 30 tracks for $11.98 |
Stefania Sandrelli
Alberto Sordi
Ugo Tognazzi
Alida Valli
Monica Vitti
Selected Movies of Italy
Italy's films have received 3 early Honorary Oscar Awards, 10 Best Foreign Language Oscar® wins
{Fellini won four!}, among 27 Best Foreign Film nominations.
list of Italy's submissions for Oscar consideration
 | "Bellissimo: Images of The Italian Cinema" [Istituto Luce, Italy 1985] 110-minute Italian-language documentary on the cinema of Italy Directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi; featuring Dario Argento, Cinecittà Studios, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Giuseppe Rotunno, the Venice Film Festival, Luchino Visconti & Lina Wertmüller Water Bearer Films color DVD [4/91] out of prodn/used credits at IMDb |
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| 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]; "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] |
"Cabiria" [Italy April 1914; restored 1985]
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"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.
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 Kino Video tinted b&w DVD [11/2000] for $26.99 Kino Video tinted b&w VHS [11/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
| | "Shoeshine" aka "Sciuscià" [Italy 1947]
Directed by Vittorio de Sica |
"The Bicycle Thieves" [Italy Nov 1948, USA Dec 1949]
aka "Ladri di biciclette"
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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.
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
Criterion restored b&w DVD [2/2007] 2 disks for $16.49 Image Ent. b&w subtitled DVD [11/98] for $18.99 Allied Artists b&w VHS [4/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb dark 11"x17" poster {above} from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" Italian color poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"La Strada" [Italy Sept 1954]
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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 – a tragic one.
Co-written & directed by Federico Fellini; music by Nino Rota; starring Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart & Aldo Silvani; won the first official Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar nominated for Best Original Screenplay
Criterion b&w DVD [8/00] 2 disks for $38.99 Homevision b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb; movie entry at Wikipedia 12"x16" Italian-language poster available at AllPosters.com |
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"La Strada" [1987] critical text edited by Peter Bondanella & Manuela Gieri Rutgers Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [12/87] out of print/used |
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"Nights of Cabiria" aka "Le Notti di Cabiria" [Italy 1957]
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, directed by Federico Fellini |
"Boccaccio '70" anthology film
[Embassy Pictures; Italy Feb 1962, USA June 1962]
 | Four segments based on an original idea of Cesare Zavattini; produced by Carlo Ponti & Tonino Cervi: Vittorio De Sica directed "La Riffa" starring Sophia Loren, Luigi Giuliani & Alfio Vita; Federico Fellini co-wrote & directed "Le Tentazioni del Dottor Antonio (The Temptation of Dr. Antonio)" starring Anita Ekberg & Peppino De Filippo; Mario Monicelli co-wrote & directed "Renzo e Luciana"; and Luchino Visconti co-wrote & directed "Il Lavoro" starring Romy Schneider, Tomas Milian & Romolo Valli
Mr. Bongo Films remastered widescreen color DVD [6/2009] for $26.99 NoShame Films widescreen color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Mafiosos" [Italy 1962, Rialto re-release 2007]
| | "Fellini's 8½" aka "Otto e mezzo" [Italy 1963] Co-written & directed by Federico Fellini [1920-93] listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005) |
Magic Lantern's "Fellini's 8½" 1963 Movie Page
"Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion" [Italy 1970]
by Elio Petri; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
| | "The Garden of The Finzi-Continis" [Italy 1971] |
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"Amarcord" [Italy 1974]
Directed by Federico Fellini |
"Nuovo Cinema Paradiso"
[Italy 1988; 155 min. release]
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Written & directed by Giuseppe Tornatore; starring Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio & Brigitte Fossey (director's cut only); won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, 5 BAFTAs, Jury Grand Prize at Cannes & other awards
HBO VHS w/English subtitles [3/2001] out of stock/used HBO widescreen DVD [3/2001] out of stock/used Ennio Morricone soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.99 DRG 'Extra Tracks' CD [6/2001] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb June 2002 Director's Cut [3 hour release] info on different versions from IMDb |
| | "Il Postino" [Italy 1995]
full credits from IMDb |
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Beautiful-Claudio-Alfonsi/dp/B00001U0DP/
"My Voyage To Italy" aka "Il Mio Viaggio"
[Miramax; Italy Sept 1999, USA Oct 2001]
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Co-written, directed & hosted by Martin Scorsese; filmmakers covered include Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti, Fellini & Antonioni Miramax widescreen b&w/color DVD [7/2004] 2 disks for $17.99 full credits from IMDb |
"Rosso Come il Cielo"
aka "Red Like The Sky" [Orisa Italy March 2007]
 | 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. Co-written & directed by Cristiano Bortone; starring Luca Capriotti; won David di Donatello Youth Award, many festival prizes
Region 1 video/DVD not available at Amazon DVD available as member of Spiritual Cinema Circle film club full credits from IMDb official movie site {in Italian} |
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