Roberto Curti

Riccardo Freda

The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian director Riccardo Freda (1909-1999) produced films of remarkable technical skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black Eagle (1946), an adaptation of Les Miserables (1947), the peplum Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and a number of cult-favorite Gothic and horror films such as I Vampiri (1957), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) and The Ghost (1963). Freda was first championed in the 1960s by French critics who labeled him "the European Raoul Walsh," and enjoyed growing critical esteem over the years. This book covers his life and career for the first time in English, with detailed analyses of his films and exclusive interviews with his collaborators and family.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 706g
• ISBN-13: 9781476669700
• ISBN-10: 1476669708
• Artikelnr.: 47083012

Autorenporträt

Roberto Curti is an Italian film historian and a contributor to periodicals and to books published in Italy, Great Britain and Spain. He lives in Cortona, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction
1.
A Portrait of the Filmmaker as a Young Man
2.
Learning the Craft
3.
Filming During Wartime
4.
Adventure, Italian-style
5.
Brazil ... and Back
6.
Under the Sign of Melodrama
7.
Historia Magistra Vitae
8.
Diving into Genres
9.
Exploring the Myth 10.
Intermezzo-A Director for Hire 11.
The Gothic Years 12.
In Exile 13.
A Sort of Homecoming 14.
The Twilight Years Epilogue Filmography Chapter Notes Essential Bibliography Index