{"product_id":"italian-film-in-the-present-millicent-marcus-9781487546199","title":"Italian Film in the Present Tense","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor observers of the European film scene, Federico Fellini's death in 1993 came to stand for the demise of Italian cinema as a whole. Exploring an eclectic sampling of works from the new millennium, \u003ci\u003eItalian Film in the Present Tens\u003c\/i\u003ee confronts this narrative of decline with strong evidence to the contrary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillicent Marcus highlights Italian cinema's new sources of industrial strength, its re-placement of the Rome-centred studio system with regional film commissions, its contemporary breakthroughs on the aesthetic front, and its vital engagement with the changing economic and socio-political circumstances in twenty-first-century Italian life. Examining works that stand out for their formal brilliance and their moral urgency, the book presents a series of fourteen case studies, featuring analyses of such renowned films as \u003ci\u003eIl Divo, Gomorrah, The Great Beauty, We Have a Pope, The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFire at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, along with lesser-known works deserving of serious critical scrutiny. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eItalian Film in the Present Tense\u003c\/i\u003e contests the widely held perception of a medium languishing in its \"post-Fellini\" moment, and instead acknowledges the ethical persistence and forward-looking currents of Italian cinema in the present tense. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Millicent Marcus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148754619X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487546199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 5.91w x 0.87d","brand":"Millicent Marcus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073707143423,"sku":"9781487546199","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a70a65ee-bb29-4d3f-892e-d801bd778e4c.jpg?v=1685449422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italian-film-in-the-present-millicent-marcus-9781487546199","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}