Luchino Visconti

by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

Overview

Luchino Visconti's career as a film-maker began in the 1930s when he escaped the culture of fascist Italy to work with Jean Renoir in the France of the Popular Front. This is a study of this director.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851709611
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/26/2003
Edition description:	3rd ed. 2003
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith is Professor of Cinema Cultures at the University of Luton. His recent publications include a study of Antonioni's L'avventura for the BFI Film Classics series.

Table of Contents

	Preface [2002]	1
	A Note on Film Titles [2002]	6
	Introduction [1967]	7
1.	Ossessione	13
2.	La terra trema	29
3.	Bellissima	45
4.	Il lavoro	57
5.	Senso	63
6.	The Leopard	79
7.	White Nights	94
8.	Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa	106
9.	Rocco and His Brothers	123
10.	Lo straniero [1973]	138
11.	The Damned [1973]	146
12.	Death in Venice [1973]	158
13.	Ludwig [2002]	171
14.	Conversation Piece [2002]	189
15.	L'innocente [2002]	201
16.	Retrospect [2002]	209
	Select Bibliography	224
	Filmography	231
Appendix	Theatre and Opera Stagings	243
	Index	247

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