03363nam 22005653 450 991102603480332120230327051527.09781487546212(electronic bk.)978148754619910.3138/9781487546212(MiAaPQ)EBC30401758(Au-PeEL)EBL30401758(CKB)26191691000041(OCoLC)1372395757(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110877(DE-B1597)651792(DE-B1597)9781487546212(OCoLC)1347738441(EXLCZ)992619169100004120230306d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierItalian Film in the Present Tense1st ed.London :University of Toronto Press,2023.©2022.1 online resource (290 pages)Toronto Italian StudiesPrint version: Marcus, Millicent Italian Film in the Present Tense London : University of Toronto Press,c2023 9781487546199 Frontmatter -- ITALIAN FILM IN THE PRESENT TENSE -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Persistence of Vision, Vectors of Change -- Part One: Mafias -- Part Two: Neo-regionalism -- Part Three: Migrants -- Part Four: Leadership -- Part Five: Women -- Part Six: In a Category unto Itself -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index"For observers of the European film scene, Federico Fellini's death in 1993 came to stand for the demise of Italian cinema as a whole. Exploring an eclectic sampling of works from the new millennium, Italian Film in the Present Tense confronts this narrative of decline with strong evidence to the contrary. Millicent Marcus highlights Italian cinema's new sources of industrial strength, its re-placement of the Rome-centred studio system with regional film commissions, its contemporary breakthroughs on the aesthetic front, and its vital engagement with the changing economic and socio-political circumstances in twenty-first-century Italian life. Examining works that stand out for their formal brilliance and their moral urgency, the book presents a series of fourteen case studies, featuring analyses of such renowned films as Il Divo, Gomorrah, The Great Beauty, We Have a Pope, The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, and Fire at Sea, along with lesser-known works deserving of serious critical scrutiny. In doing so, Italian Film in the Present Tense contests the widely held perception of a medium languishing in its "post-Fellini" moment, and instead acknowledges the ethical persistence and forward-looking currents of Italian cinema in the present tense."--Provided by publisher.Toronto Italian StudiesMotion picturesfast(OCoLC)fst01027285Motion picturesItalyHistory21st centuryItalyfastHistory.Electronic books. Motion pictures.Motion picturesHistory791.43/750945Marcus Millicent1847504MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9911026034803321Italian Film in the Present Tense4433192UNINA