When he was in second grade, Henry Bacon found it quite a chore to read for 20 minutes every day, which was the rule at his elementary school. He wishes there were more books like this one-funny and realistic and not too hard to read. Henry enjoys swimming, telling jokes, and performing on stage.
Introduction
Part I. Visconti and neorealism: 1. Ossessione
2. The background, theory, and practice of neorealism
3. La Terra Trema
4. Bellissima
5. Our Women
Part II. The Risorgimento Films: 6. Senso
7. The Leopard
Part III. The Family and Modern Italian Society: 8. Visconti's two families
9. Rocco and his brothers
10. Sandra
11. The Witch Burned Alive
12. Conversation piece
Part IV. Visconti and Germany: 13. Visconti, Thomas Mann and two aspects of Europe
14. The Job
15. The Damned
16. Death in Venice
17. Ludwig
Part V. Visconti as an interpreter of European literature: 18. Experiencing literature and cinema
19. White Nights
20. The Stranger 21
Remembrance of things past
22. The Innocent
Filmography
Stage productions
Unrealised film projects
Bibliography.
