Il conformista (The Conformist)

by Chris Wagstaff

Overview

Il Conformist has mesmerised audiences by Bertulocci's mastery of the telling, the beauty of the images, the camera work, its soundtrack, and the intensity with which the characters convey powerful psychic energies. This unique European film classic deserves no less the unique perspective brought to it here by Christopher Wagstaff's expert eye.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844573691
Publisher:	BFI Publishing
Publication date:	09/04/2012
Series:	BFI Film Classics Series
Edition description:	2012
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 5.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER WAGSTAFF is a senior ;ecturer in the Department of Italian at the University of Reading, UK. His interests include futurist art and literature, and the media in twentieth-century Italy. His principal area of expertise is the cinema industry in Italy, on which he has lectured and published extensively, both in this country and abroad. He is at present working on a study of post-war Italian cinema. He is the author of Italian Neo-Realist Cinema: An Aesthetic Approach (University of Toronto Press, 2008).

Table of Contents

Preface.- 'Il conformista'.- Notes.- Credits.- Select Bibliography.