Carlo Celli

Gillo Pontecorvo

From Resistance to Terrorism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo is best known for his films about anti-colonial insurgency and terrorism. In this book, containing several black and white photos, author Carlo Celli examines Pontecorvo's entire career, from his days as a leader in the anti-Nazi/fascist resistance during World War II to his 1992 short documentary about Algeria's struggle with Islamic fundamentalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9780810854406
• ISBN-10: 0810854406
• Artikelnr.: 21000694

Autorenporträt

By Carlo Celli

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1.
Pontecorvo and Aldo Vergano's Il sole sorge ancora/Outcry (1946) Chapter 5
2. The Neorealist Tradition and Pontecorvo's Early Documentaries, 1953-1956
Chapter 6 3. First Features: Giovanna (1956) and La grande strada
azzurra/The Wide Blue Road (1957) Chapter 7 4. Kapò (1960) and the Pitfalls
of Holocaust Re-creation Chapter 8 5. The Two Endings of La battaglia di
Algeri/The Battle of Algiers (1966) Chapter 9 6. The Colonial, Postcolonial
Parable of Queimada!/Burn! (1969) Chapter 10 7. The "Guilty Conscience" of
Ogro (1979) Chapter 11 8. Pontecorvo's Retreat: Ritorno ad Algeri/Return to
Algiers (1992) and Nostalgia di protezione/Protection Nostalgia (1997) Part
12 Filmography Part 13 Bibliography Part 14 Index Part 15 About the Author