Programme

The course focuses on two of the most important periods in the history of Italian cinema: postwar cinema and the 60s. The first part is devoted to the most representatives theories, films, authors, figures, and styles of neorealism. The second part analyzes the auteur cinema of old and new generations (Antonioni, Fellini, Pietrangeli, Ferreri, Olmi, Pasolini, Bertolucci, Bellocchio).

Core Documentation

TEXTS: Gian Piero Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (in particular chapters III and IV); Stefania Parigi, Immagini del neorealismo, Marsilio, Venezia 2014; Emiliano Morreale, I film della dolce vita. Cinema d'autore degli anni Sessanta, Dino Audino, Roma 2021; a compilation of texts on neorealism by the teacher (you can find it in the Moodle Platform). Non-attending students must also read Stefania Parigi, Pier Paolo Pasolini. Accattone, Lindau, Torino 2021.
FILMOGRAPHY: Ossessione (1943) by L. Visconti; Roma città aperta (1945) di R. Rossellini; Paisà (1946) by R. Rossellini; Germania anno zero (1948) by R. Rossellini; Ladri di biciclette (1948) by V. De Sica; La terra trema (1948) by L. Visconti; Riso amaro (1949) by G. De Santis; Miracolo a Milano (1950) by V. De Sica; Il cammino della speranza (1950) by P. Germi; Due soldi di speranza (1951) by R. Castellani; Pane amore e fantasia (1953) by L. Comencini; La strada (1954) by F. Fellini; Il grido (1957) by M. Antonioni; L’avventura (1960) by M. Antonioni; La dolce vita (1960) by F. Fellini; Accattone (1961) by P. P. Pasolini; I fidanzati (1963) by E. Olmi; Prima della rivoluzione (1964) by B. Bertolucci; La donna scimmia (1964) by M. Ferreri, I pugni in tasca (1965) by M. Bellocchio; Io la conoscevo bene by A. Pietrangeli; Blow-up (1967) by M. Antonioni; Dillinger è morto (1969) by M. Ferreri.
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lectures that aim to provide methodological tools, to deal with the analysis of Italian cinema on a historical, critical and theoretical level, and to propose examples of reading and interpretation of filmic texts.

Type of evaluation

The written test is divided into two parts. The first one requires a synthetic reflection on a period, a current, a genre, a theme, a style, an author treated during the course. The second one requires a thematic, narrative and stylistic analysis of a film included in the exam program. Duration of the test: 2 hours.

Programme

The course examines the period from the post-war to the present, focusing in the first part on the main stages that have marked the history of Italian cinema in terms of films, authors and genres. In the second part, we will focus instead on a particular topos, that of the beach, which has always been central to the national imagination and of course also in our cinematographic tradition. We will therefore examine the aesthetic, narrative, productive and cultural peculiarities of some cinematographic works in which the "bathing condition" has become a privileged occasion to investigate the main historical, social and anthropological changes experienced by our country in more than half a century.

Core Documentation

TEXTS:

G.P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (dal cap. III in poi);

C. Uva, L'ultima spiaggia. Rive e derive del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia 2021;

E. Giacovelli, C’era una volta la commedia all’italiana, Gremese, Roma 2015;

C. Uva (a cura di), Matteo Garrone, Marsilio, Venezia 2020.

FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS:
G.P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (dal cap. III in poi);

C. Uva, L'ultima spiaggia. Rive e derive del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia 2021.


FILMOGRAPHY

Ladri di biciclette (1948) di V. De Sica; Domenica d’agosto (1950) di L. Emmer; La spiaggia (1954) di A. Lattuada; La dolce vita (1960) di F. Fellini; L’avventura (1960) di M. Antonioni; Accattone (1961) di P. P. Pasolini; Il sorpasso (1962) di D. Risi; Prima della rivoluzione (1964) di B. Bertolucci; Per un pugno di dollari (1964) di S. Leone; L’ombrellone (1965) di D. Risi; Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) di E. Petri; Ferie d’agosto (1996) di P. Virzì; L'imbalsamatore (2002) di M. Garrone.

Type of delivery of the course

Course delivered in person by soliciting the active participation of students and also remotely using the Teams digital platform.

Attendance

Course delivered in person by soliciting the active participation of students and also remotely using the Teams digital platform.

Type of evaluation

Written test with open questions.

Programme

The course focuses on two of the most important periods in the history of Italian cinema: postwar cinema and the 60s. The first part is devoted to the most representatives theories, films, authors, figures, and styles of neorealism. The second part analyzes the auteur cinema of old and new generations (Antonioni, Fellini, Pietrangeli, Ferreri, Olmi, Pasolini, Bertolucci, Bellocchio).

Core Documentation

TEXTS: Gian Piero Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (in particular chapters III and IV); Stefania Parigi, Immagini del neorealismo, Marsilio, Venezia 2014; Emiliano Morreale, I film della dolce vita. Cinema d'autore degli anni Sessanta, Dino Audino, Roma 2021; a compilation of texts on neorealism by the teacher (you can find it in the Moodle Platform). Non-attending students must also read Stefania Parigi, Pier Paolo Pasolini. Accattone, Lindau, Torino 2021.
FILMOGRAPHY: Ossessione (1943) by L. Visconti; Roma città aperta (1945) di R. Rossellini; Paisà (1946) by R. Rossellini; Germania anno zero (1948) by R. Rossellini; Ladri di biciclette (1948) by V. De Sica; La terra trema (1948) by L. Visconti; Riso amaro (1949) by G. De Santis; Miracolo a Milano (1950) by V. De Sica; Il cammino della speranza (1950) by P. Germi; Due soldi di speranza (1951) by R. Castellani; Pane amore e fantasia (1953) by L. Comencini; La strada (1954) by F. Fellini; Il grido (1957) by M. Antonioni; L’avventura (1960) by M. Antonioni; La dolce vita (1960) by F. Fellini; Accattone (1961) by P. P. Pasolini; I fidanzati (1963) by E. Olmi; Prima della rivoluzione (1964) by B. Bertolucci; La donna scimmia (1964) by M. Ferreri, I pugni in tasca (1965) by M. Bellocchio; Io la conoscevo bene by A. Pietrangeli; Blow-up (1967) by M. Antonioni; Dillinger è morto (1969) by M. Ferreri.
Films will be shown in full or in part during lessons. Dvd copies will be available at the Biblioteca "Lino Miccichè", via Ostiense 139.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lectures that aim to provide methodological tools, to deal with the analysis of Italian cinema on a historical, critical and theoretical level, and to propose examples of reading and interpretation of filmic texts.

Type of evaluation

The written test is divided into two parts. The first one requires a synthetic reflection on a period, a current, a genre, a theme, a style, an author treated during the course. The second one requires a thematic, narrative and stylistic analysis of a film included in the exam program. Duration of the test: 2 hours.

Programme

The course examines the period from the post-war to the present, focusing in the first part on the main stages that have marked the history of Italian cinema in terms of films, authors and genres. In the second part, we will focus instead on a particular topos, that of the beach, which has always been central to the national imagination and of course also in our cinematographic tradition. We will therefore examine the aesthetic, narrative, productive and cultural peculiarities of some cinematographic works in which the "bathing condition" has become a privileged occasion to investigate the main historical, social and anthropological changes experienced by our country in more than half a century.

Core Documentation

TEXTS:

G.P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (dal cap. III in poi);

C. Uva, L'ultima spiaggia. Rive e derive del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia 2021;

E. Giacovelli, C’era una volta la commedia all’italiana, Gremese, Roma 2015;

C. Uva (a cura di), Matteo Garrone, Marsilio, Venezia 2020.

FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS:
G.P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (dal cap. III in poi);

C. Uva, L'ultima spiaggia. Rive e derive del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia 2021.


FILMOGRAPHY

Ladri di biciclette (1948) di V. De Sica; Domenica d’agosto (1950) di L. Emmer; La spiaggia (1954) di A. Lattuada; La dolce vita (1960) di F. Fellini; L’avventura (1960) di M. Antonioni; Accattone (1961) di P. P. Pasolini; Il sorpasso (1962) di D. Risi; Prima della rivoluzione (1964) di B. Bertolucci; Per un pugno di dollari (1964) di S. Leone; L’ombrellone (1965) di D. Risi; Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) di E. Petri; Ferie d’agosto (1996) di P. Virzì; L'imbalsamatore (2002) di M. Garrone.

Reference Bibliography

TEXTS: G.P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (dal cap. III in poi); C. Uva, L'ultima spiaggia. Rive e derive del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia 2021; E. Giacovelli, C’era una volta la commedia all’italiana, Gremese, Roma 2015; C. Uva (a cura di), Matteo Garrone, Marsilio, Venezia 2020. FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS: G.P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905-2003, Einaudi, Torino 2003 (dal cap. III in poi); C. Uva, L'ultima spiaggia. Rive e derive del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia 2021.

Type of delivery of the course

Course delivered in person by soliciting the active participation of students and also remotely using the Teams digital platform.

Attendance

Course delivered in person by soliciting the active participation of students and also remotely using the Teams digital platform.

Type of evaluation

Written test with open questions.