Author and Cinema Retro contributor Howard Hughes has a new book on the market and it should be of special interest to anyone who loves retro Italian cinema. Here are the details:
CINEMA ITALIANO: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FROM CLASSICS TO CULT
Uncovering a treasure trove of Italian films from The Leopard to Puma Man
Italian filmmakers have created some of the most magical and
moving, violent and controversial films in world cinema. During its
twentieth-century heyday, Italy's film industry was second only to
Hollywood as a popular film factory, exporting cinematic dreams
worldwide. With international finance and multinational stars, Italian
filmmakers tackled myriad genres with equal gusto and in inimitable
style. Cinema Italiano is the first book to discuss comprehensively both
Italian 'popular' and 'arthouse' cinema of this golden age.
Appraising over 400 movies, Cinema Italiano
unearths the best of Italian cinema. Dario Argento's 'gialli' thrillers
and Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns are explored alongside the best
films of Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and
Michelangelo Antonioni. Chapters discuss the rise and fall of genres
such as mythological epics, gothic horrors, science-fiction, spy films,
WWII movies, costume adventures, zombie films, swashbucklers, political
cinema, spaghetti westerns and 'poliziotteschi' crime films. The book
also traces the directorial careers and key films of such luminaries as
Mario Bava, Sergio Corbucci, Francesco Rosi, Lucio Fulci, Duccio
Tessari, Enzo G. Castellari, Bernardo Bertolucci and Gillo Pontecorvo.
An essential guide for DVD and video collectors and aficionados alike,
it is illustrated throughout with rare stills and international posters
from this revered era in world cinema.
Films include: La dolce vita, Hercules Conquers Atlantis, The
Leopard, The Horrible Secret of Dr Hichcock, Contempt, The Gospel
According to St Matthew, Castle of Blood, Fists in the Pocket, Django,
Battle of Algiers, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Blowup, Diabolik, The
Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Conformist, They Call Me Trinity,
Violent City, The Marseilles Connection, Illustrious Corpses, Suspiria,
The Big Silence, The Mask of Satan, Maciste in Hell, Blood and Black
Lace, Hercules Against the Moon Men, The Last Man on Earth, The Wild,
Wild Planet, Special Mission Lady Chaplin, Django Kill!, Fellini
Satyricon, Deep Red, Sons of Thunder, Tentacles, The Inglorious
Bastards, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Puma Man, 1990: Bronx Warriors,
8½, Once Upon a Time in the West, L'Avventura, Black Sabbath,
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Amarcord, Two Women, Planet
of the Vampires, Death in Venice, Starcrash, Salvatore Giuliano,
Hercules Unchained, Kill, Baby...Kill!
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