Author : Daniela De Pau
Release : 2008-12-18
Genre : Business & Economics
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Watching Pages, Reading Pictures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Watching Pages, Reading Pictures write by Daniela De Pau. This book was released on 2008-12-18. Watching Pages, Reading Pictures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Italian cinema is internationally well-known for the ground-breaking experience of Neo-Realism, comedy "Italian-Style," Spaghetti Westerns, and the horror movies of the seventies. However, what is rather unfamiliar to wider audiences is Italian cinema's crucial and enduring affair with literature. In fact, since the very beginning, literature has deeply influenced how Italian cinema has defined itself and grown. This book provides an empirical approach to this complex and fruitful relationship. The aim is to present discussions dealing with significant Italian film adaptations from literary materials which greatly exemplify the variety of styles, view-points, and attitudes produced by such an alliance, throughout the different periods. Among the adaptations discussed, are those that have followed trends and critical debates, making them, at times, rather problematic.