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Between 1903 and 1909 the itinerant Italian cinema began assuming the characteristics of an authentic industry, led by four major organizations: Titanus (originally Monopolio Lombardo), the first Italian film production company; the largest and among the most famous film houses in Italy, founded by Gustavo Lombardo at Naples in 1904, Cines ...
May 25, 2017 · At this point in Italian cinema, both the artistic intentions and stylistic elements of Italian cinema had completely changed from the era of Neorealism. Argento founded a movement that redefined and expanded both Italian cinema and the barriers that confined international horror cinema.
In March 1896 the first movies arrived in Rome, then in Milan, in Naples in April, in June in Livorno and in August in Bergamo, Ravenna and Bologna. In Pisa, the oldest and still operating Italian movie theatre, The Cinema Lumiere, was built in 1899.
May 13, 2024 · An introductory chapter offers a unique overview of the Italian cinema before 1942. It is followed by a full and profound discussion of neorealism in its heyday, its difficult aftermath in the fifties, the glorious sixties, and finally by an analysis of the contemporary cinematic crisis.
The Italian film industry, which has seen and lived through highs (too few) and lows (too many) in the last three decades, must now look to the golden years of the industry during the economic boom: the Second World War, the 1960s and 1970s, the films and styles of writers from Antonioni to Rossellini, Fellini to Visconti, of craftsmen from ...
Nov 14, 2014 · The history of Italian cinema: a guide to Italian film from its origins to the twenty-first century. Paolo Russo. Pages 179-182 | Published online: 14 Nov 2014. Cite this article. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411548.2014.973705. Full Article. Figures & data. Citations. Metrics. Reprints & Permissions. Read this article. Click to increase image size.
Written by the foremost scholar of Italian cinema and presented here for the first time in English, this landmark book traces the complete history of filmmaking in Italy, from its origins in the silent era; through its golden age in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, and its subsequent decline; to its resurgence today.
