Roberto Rossellini

Magician of the Real

David Forgacs, Sarah Lutton, Geoffrey Nowell-Smith

• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781838717810
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film History & Criticism

A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors. From 'Rome Open City' and 'Paisà ' through to the 'Bergman' classics 'Stromboli 'and 'Journey to Italy' and his later work for television, Rossellini's work and ideas had a profound influence on filmmaking and criticism. This specially commissioned overview of Rossellini's works examines key issues and themes covering all phases of his career. Leading critics from across the world examine, among other issues, the Fascist context of Rossellini's early work, the view of Europe that emerges in his films, the stylistic trajectory of the work through neorealism and beyond and its influence on the French New Wave, the issues of representation that emerge in later films and his extensive work for television. The significance of Rossellini's relationships with Ingrid Bergman and Anna Magnani is discussed and the book also includes a dossier section of materials providing an overview of the most important facts and documents concerning the director.

Index

Numbers in italics refer to pictures

Acts of the Apostles, 130, 135, 138, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 162

Adam Had Four Sons, 69

Adler, Alfred, 126

Aeneid, The, 58

Age of Cosimo de' Medici, The, see Cosimo de' Medici

Agostino d'Ippona see Augustine

Alessandrini, Goffredo, 2, 21

All about Eve, 100

American Revolution, The, 132, 162

Amiche, Le, 41

Amidei, Sergio, 46

Amore, L', 3, 7, 8, 10, 59–60, 130

Anastasia, 76, 118

Anderson, Lindsay, 157

Anderson, Maxwell, 99

Andreotti, Giulio, 38, 40

Angst (Zweig), 14 – see also Fear

Anima nera, 5, 130

Anno uno, 1, 14, 14, 82, 92–3

Antonioni, Michelangelo, 38, 40, 118

Aprà, Adriano, 87

Arata, Ubaldo, 37

Arch of Triumph, 69

Arendt, Hannah, 51

Aristarco, Guido, 4, 8, 9, 25, 50, 74, 156–7

Augustine, 1, 5, 82, 130, 135, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145

Avventura, L', 38, 41

Ayfre, Amedée, 159

Balázs, Béla, 57

Baldelli, Pio, 81–2

Battleship Potemkin, The, 54

Bazin, André, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 36, 44, 50, 104, 119, 121, 156, 157–61

Becker, Jacques, 157

Bellissima, 38

Bellour, Raymond, 98

Bells of St Mary's, The, 69

Benjamin, Walter, 50, 51, 54

Bergala, Alain, 58

Bergman cycle, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12–15, 119

Bergman, Ingrid, 3, 12, 13, 14, 64–, 67, 95, 96, 98–100, ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Martin Scorsese
• Notes on Contributors
• Chronology
• Introduction: Rossellini and the Critics
• 1North and South, East and West: Rossellini and Politics
• 2The Fascist War Trilogy
• 3Rossellini and Neo-realism
• 4Rossellini's Landscapes: Nature, Myth, History
• 5Saint Ingrid at the Stake: Stardom and Scandal in the Bergman-Rossellini Collaboration
• 6Francis God's Jester
• 7Vesuvian Topographies: The Eruption of the Past in Journey to Italy
• 8India
• 9Rossellini's Historical Encyclopedia
• Documents
• Filmography
• Select Bibliography
• Index
• eCopyright