{"product_id":"italian-film-in-the-present-tense-1","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 \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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54251625775448,"sku":"9781487546182","price":74.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/italian-film-in-the-present-tense-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}