A name steeped in decades of canonisation and lasting influence on the world of western cinema, Federico Fellini is one of those few revered, iconic stalwarts of European arthouse whose name is…
Tag: Italian Cinema
Film-maker and screenwriter Paul Schrader in his remarkable introduction essay to the new edition of his seminal film theory text, ‘Trascendental Style in Film’, asserts that: “Roberto Rossellini deserves a special mention…
Mario Puzo’s novels and Francis Ford Coppola’s epic ‘The Godfather’ trilogy has pushed cinephiles around the world to equate Sicily with the supposedly venerable and much-dreaded mafias. In fact, the idea of…
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The island of Sicily in Italy was invaded by the Allied forces in 1943, indirectly leading to the reemergence of mafia-related activities which were said to be vehemently suppressed under the Fascist…
“The Fiances (I Fidanzati, 1963) zeroes-in on the solitary longing of a stolid, young blue-collar worker wandering through the bright, windy, and expansive Sicilian landscape.” Italian neorealist film-maker Ermanno Olmi, who hailed…
An amusing, heartfelt & sentimental delight from the writer-director of Cinema Paradiso, The Legend of 1900 brims with warmth, is crafted with heart and does require suspension of disbelief. But thanks to…