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Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism
Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism
Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism
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Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieves. Although some neorealist film-makers would have preferred to abolish stars altogether, the public adored them and producers needed their help in relaunching the national film industry. This book explores the many conflicts that arose in Italy between 1945 and 1953 over stars and stardom, offering intimate studies of the careers of both well-known and less familiar figures, shedding new light on the close relationship forged between cinema and society during a time of political transition and shifting national identities.

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Release dateNov 4, 2019
ISBN9781789200027
Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism
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Stephen Gundle

Stephen Gundle is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of several books and many articles about modern and contemporary Italy. His most recent volumes are Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s (Canongate, 2011) and Mussolini’s Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy (Berghahn, 2013).

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