Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City by Sidney Gottlieb (English) Paperback Book

Description: Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City by Sidney Gottlieb Roberto Rossellinis Rome Open City instantly changed the landscape of film history. It has been credited with initiating a revolution in and reinvention of modern cinema. This 2004 volume serves as a well illustrated, up to date, and accessible introduction to one of the major achievements of filmmaking. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Roberto Rossellinis Rome Open City instantly, markedly, and permanently changed the landscape of film history. Made at the end of World War II, it has been credited with initiating a revolution in and reinvention of modern cinema, bold claims that are substantiated when its impact on how films are conceptualized, made, structured, theorized, circulated, and viewed is examined. This volume offers a fresh look at the production history of Rome Open City; some of its key images, and particularly its representation of the city and various types of women; its cinematic influences and affinities; the complexity of its political dimensions, including the films vision of political struggle and the political uses to which the film was put; and the legacy of the film in public consciousness. It serves as a well illustrated, up to date, and accessible introduction to one of the major achievements of filmmaking. Notes Accessible film study. Author Biography Sidney Gottlieb is Professor of English and Media Studies at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He has edited Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews and Framing Hitchcock: Essays from the Hitchcock Annual, and serves as Co-Editor of the Hitchcock Annual. Table of Contents Introduction: Open City: reappropriating the old, making the new Sidney Gottlieb; 1. Rossellini, Open City, and neorealism Sidney Gottlieb; 2. The making of Roma città aperta: the legacy of fascism and the birth of neorealism Peter Bondanella; 3. Celluloide and the palimpsest of cinematic memory: Carlo Lizzanis film of the story behind Open City Millicent Marcus; 4. Diverting clichés: femininity, masculinity, melodrama, and neorealism in Open City Marcia Landy; 5. Space, rhetoric, and the divided city in Roma città aperta David Forgacs; 6. Mourning, melancholia, and the popular front: Roberto Rossellinis beautiful revolution Michael P. Rogin; Reviews of Open City; Filmography. Promotional This 2004 volume is an accessible introduction to Rossellinis Rome Open City. Promotional "Headline" This 2004 volume is an accessible introduction to Rossellinis Rome Open City. Description for Bookstore Roberto Rossellinis Rome Open City instantly changed the landscape of film history. It has been credited with initiating a revolution in and reinvention of modern cinema. This 2004 volume serves as a well illustrated, up to date, and accessible introduction to one of the major achievements of filmmaking. Description for Library Roberto Rossellinis Rome Open City instantly changed the landscape of film history. It has been credited with initiating a revolution in and reinvention of modern cinema. This 2004 volume serves as a well illustrated, up to date, and accessible introduction to one of the major achievements of filmmaking. Details ISBN0521545196 Short Title ROBERTO ROSSELLINIS ROME OPEN Pages 206 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521545196 ISBN-13 9780521545198 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Series Cambridge Film Handbooks Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Sidney Gottlieb Author Sidney Gottlieb Affiliation Sacred Heart University, Connecticut DOI 10.1604/9780521545198 UK Release Date 2004-06-14 AU Release Date 2004-06-14 NZ Release Date 2004-06-14 Publication Date 2004-06-14 Alternative 9780511617133 DEWEY 791.4372 Illustrations 23 Halftones, unspecified Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91367738;

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