{"product_id":"global-neorealism-the-transnational-history-of-a-film-style-paperback","title":"Global Neorealism: The Transnational History of a Film Style - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaverio Giovacchini\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Sklar\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Nathaniel Brennan, Luca Caminati, Silvia Carlorosi, Caroline Eades, Saverio Giovacchini, Paula Halperin, Neepa Majumdar, Mariano Mestman, Hamid Naficy, Sada Niang, Masha Salazkina, Sarah Sarzynski, Robert Sklar, and Vito Zagarrio \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntellectual, cultural, and film historians have long considered neorealism the founding block of post-World War II Italian cinema. Neorealism, the traditional story goes, was an Italian film style born in the second postwar period and aimed at recovering the reality of Italy after the sugarcoated moving images of fascism. Lasting from 1945 to the early 1950s, neorealism produced world-renowned masterpieces such as Roberto Rossellini's \u003ci\u003eRoma, citt? aperta\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRome, Open City\u003c\/i\u003e, 1945) and Vittorio De Sica's \u003ci\u003eLadri di biciclette\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBicycle Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e, 1947). These films won some of the most prestigious film awards of the immediate postwar period and influenced world cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection brings together distinguished film scholars and cultural historians to complicate this nation-based approach to the history of neorealism. The traditional story notwithstanding, the meaning and the origins of the term are problematic. What does neorealism really mean, and how Italian is it? Italian filmmakers were wary of using the term and Rossellini preferred \"realism.\" Many filmmakers confessed to having greatly borrowed from other cinemas, including French, Soviet, and American. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Divided into three sections, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Neorealism\u003c\/i\u003e examines the history of this film style from the 1930s to the 1970s using a global and international perspective. The first section examines the origins of neorealism in the international debate about realist esthetics in the 1930s. The second section discusses how this debate about realism was \"Italianized\" and coalesced into Italian \"neorealism\" and explores how critics and film distributors participated in coining the term. Finally, the third section looks at neorealism's success outside of Italy and examines how film cultures in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the United States adjusted the style to their national and regional situations.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays that show the rich variety of Italian neorealism's many outside sources and influences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773805625632,"sku":"9781617038259","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c980a3130fd3e5f2031d371774c4a44f_dbb50302-4cdd-4427-ba7b-abe72671c4c8.webp?v=1780433245","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/global-neorealism-the-transnational-history-of-a-film-style-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}