Roberto Rossellini

by Forgacs, David; British Film Institute. African & Caribbean Unit; Lutton, Sarah; Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780851707945
• ISBN10: 0851707947
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: British Film Inst

Summary

A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors. FromRome Open CityandPaisagrave;through to the "Bergman" classicsStromboliandJourney to Italyand his later work for television, Rossellini's work and ideas had a profound influence on filmmaking and criticism. This specially commissioned overview of Rossellini's works examines key issues and themes covering all phases of his career. Leading critics from across the world examine, among other issues, the Fascist context of Rossellini's early work, the view of Europe that emerges in his films, the stylistic trajectory of the work through neorealism and beyond and its influence on the French New Wave, the issues of representation that emerge in later films and his extensive work for television. The significance of Rossellini's relationships with Ingrid Bergman and Anna Magnani is discussed and the book also includes a dossier section of materials providing an overview of the most important facts and documents concerning the director.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Notes on Contributors
Chronology
Introduction: Rossellini and the Critics	p. 1
North and South, East and West: Rossellini and Politics	p. 7
The Fascist War Trilogy	p. 20
Rossellini and Neo-realism	p. 36
Rossellini's Landscapes: Nature, Myth, History	p. 50
Saint Ingrid at the Stake: Stardom and Scandal in the Bergman-Rossellini Collaboration	p. 64
Francis God's Jester	p. 80
Vesuvian Topographies: The Eruption of the Past in Journey to Italy	p. 95
India	p. 112
Rossellini's Historical Encyclopedia	p. 126
Documents	p. 149
Filmography	p. 172
Select Bibliography	p. 196
Index	p. 205
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