Giuseppe de Santis.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD: Giuseppe De Santis: An Introduction -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Part I: A Biographical Profile -- 1 De Santis's Early Years: From Fondi to Rome -- 2 A Member of the Cinema Circle -- 3 A Dream Comes True: From Cinema to Ossessione -- Part II: The Filmmaker and His Film Stories -- 4 De Santis behind the Camera -- 5 And Then Came Silvana: Riso amaro (1949) -- 6 Myth and Reality among the Shepherds of Ciociaria: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi (1950) -- 7 The Stairway of Dreams and Illusions: Roma, Ore 11 (1952) -- 8 Could an Italian Male Marry an Everyman's Woman? Un marito per Anna Zaccheo (1953) -- 9 Honeymoon on a Bicycle: Giorni d'amore (1954) -- 10 A Fable of 'I Lupari,' a Vanished Breed: Uomini e lupi (1957) -- 11 De Santis's Conception of Cinematic Realism: Cesta Duga Godinu Dana/La strada lunga un anno (1958) -- 12 The End of the Bourgeois Family or Repugnance for a Transformed Society? La Garçonnière (1960) -- 13 March On or Die: Italiani brava gente (1964) -- 14 Impotence as a Metaphor of the 1970s' Baffling Reality: Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972) -- Part III: The Working Classes Declassed -- 15 On the Margin: Some Reasons for a Long, Unbroken Silence -- 16 From the Specific to the General: Some Concluding Considerations -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FILMOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Vitti draws on his extensive personal interviews with De Santis as well as on the latter's previously unpublished writings. This volume captures the intelligence, passion, aesthetic flair, and occasionally fiery temperament of this important filmmaker.

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