Fame amid the ruins : Italian film stardom in the age of neorealism /

"Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieves. Although some neorealist film-makers would have preferred to abolish stars altogether, the public adored them and producers needed their help in relaunching the national f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gundle, Stephen, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2020.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Motion picture actors and actresses > Italy > Biography.
Celebrities > Italy > Case studies.
Fame > Social aspects > Italy.
Realism in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Italy > History > 20th century.
Célébrités > Italie > Études de cas.
Réalisme au cinéma.
Cinéma > Italie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / Italy.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Celebrities.
Fame > Social aspects.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Motion pictures.
Italy.
bicycle thieves.
conflicts over stars and stardom.
intimate studies of careers.
italian cinema.
less familiar figures.
neorealist film makers.
political transition.
relationship between cinema and society.
relaunching national film industry.
rome open city.
shifting national identities.
well known stars.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Italian cinema and the challenges of democracy
  • The film industry from fascism to the Cold War
  • The transformation of the star system
  • The public, film-going and the stars
  • Massimo Girotti : proletarian Apollo
  • Clara Calamai : the suspension of glamour
  • Aldo Fabrizi : nostalgia and popular culture
  • Anna Magnani : authenticity and the star persona
  • Andrea Checchi : shadows of defeat
  • Totò : jester of the Republic
  • Silvana Mangano : beauty and stardom
  • Amedeo Nazzari : the hero domesticated
  • Silvana Pampanini : dream girl of the masses
  • Raf Vallone : the physiognomy of fame
  • The non-professional actor and low-definition stardom
  • Co-productions and the international stardom.

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