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The Operatic and the Everyday in Postwar Italian Film Melodrama
Louis Bayman
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Hardcover. The commercial success and formal perfection of melodrama is central to the re-establishment of the post-war Italian film industry, ensuring cinema's position at the forefront of 20th century mass culture. This title provides an analysis of cineopera or opera film. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJP; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
This book deals with melodrama - the key cinematic form of post-war Italy. The commercial success and formal perfection of melodrama is central to the re-establishment of the post-war Italian film industry, ensuring cinema's position at the forefront of 20th century mass culture. Melodrama interacts with the well-documented genres of neorealist and art cinema are well documented but it is through melodrama that one can discover most about national culture in Italy at this time, understand film's relationship to popular habits and ideas, and draw the true history of cinema. It connects less established areas of research such as popular ... Read more
This book deals with melodrama - the key cinematic form of post-war Italy. The commercial success and formal perfection of melodrama is central to the re-establishment of the post-war Italian film industry, ensuring cinema's position at the forefront of 20th century mass culture. Melodrama interacts with the well-documented genres of neorealist and art cinema are well documented but it is through melodrama that one can discover most about national culture in Italy at this time, understand film's relationship to popular habits and ideas, and draw the true history of cinema. It connects less established areas of research such as popular ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748656424
SKU
V9780748656424
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About Louis Bayman
Louis Bayman lectures in Film Studies at King's College, London.
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