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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810895803321

Autore

Andrews Eleanor <1953->

Titolo

Place, setting, perspective : narrative space in the films of Nanni Moretti / / Eleanor Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lamham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61147-763-8

1-61147-691-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

791.43023/3092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Clarification; 1 Introduction; 1: Place; 2 Nearly All Roads Lead to Rome; 3 Battling with Nature; 4 Inside; 5 Outside; 2: Setting; 6 Laughter and Tears; 7 The Scene of the Crime; 8 Sweet Dreams?; 9 Whose Space is it Anyway?; 3: Perspective; 10 Inside and Outside the Frame; 11 A Certain Point of View; 12 An Artist at Work; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book takes a fresh view of the films of the Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti through the important study of narrative space, which is defined here in terms of geographical place, genre setting, and aesthetic and philosophical perspective. The study is based on close textual analysis of Moretti's eleven major feature films to date, using the formal film language of </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">mise-en-scène</span><span>, cinematography, editing, and sound. </span></span>