{"product_id":"9781487546199-italian-film-in-the-present-tense","title":"Italian Film in the Present Tense","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book explores the Italian film landscape with a focus on cinematic achievements of the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor observers of the European film scene, Federico Fellini’s death in 1993 came to stand for the demise of Italian cinema as a whole. Exploring an eclectic sampling of works from the new millennium, \u003ci\u003eItalian Film in the Present Tens\u003c\/i\u003ee confronts this narrative of decline with strong evidence to the contrary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMillicent Marcus highlights Italian cinema’s new sources of industrial strength, its re-placement of the Rome-centred studio system with regional film commissions, its contemporary breakthroughs on the aesthetic front, and its vital engagement with the changing economic and socio-political circumstances in twenty-first-century Italian life. Examining works that stand out for their formal brilliance and their moral urgency, the book presents a series of fourteen case studies, featuring analyses of such renowned films as \u003ci\u003eIl Divo, Gomorrah, The Great Beauty, We Have a Pope, The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFire at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, along with lesser-known works deserving of serious critical scrutiny. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eItalian Film in the Present Tense\u003c\/i\u003e contests the widely held perception of a medium languishing in its \"post-Fellini\" moment, and instead acknowledges the ethical persistence and forward-looking currents of Italian cinema in the present tense. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40672741359713,"sku":"9781487546199","price":20.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38184160_eff3a44d-4de7-4363-8523-3f9e9cb0722c.jpg?v=1763787357","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781487546199-italian-film-in-the-present-tense","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}