{"product_id":"cesare-zavattini-selected-writings","title":"Cesare Zavattini Selected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/b\u003e makes available for the first time in English thirty-nine scenarios and two treatments. Each text is preceded by an introduction, providing an essential frame of reference to make these writings entirely accessible to the reader. While nearly all these texts belong to the post-war period, including the stories for major post-war classics, there are also seven pre-war \u003ci\u003eraccontini\u003c\/i\u003e, the narrative source of Zavattini’s Modernist magical realism, several fictional interviews and faux reportage, tinged with irony aimed at Hollywood, complemented by several pre-war scenarios. The book also features scenarios for Luchino Visconti’s \u003ci\u003eBellissima\u003c\/i\u003e, Alessandro Blasetti’s \u003ci\u003eFirst Communion,\u003c\/i\u003e De Sica’s \u003ci\u003eThe Roof\u003c\/i\u003e and texts encompassing Zavattini’s ethnographic vision, from the redactions of\u003ci\u003e Italia mia\u003c\/i\u003e, interviews for \u003ci\u003eUn paese\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated with Paul Strand’s photographs, to the scenarios for investigative documentaries, including\u003ci\u003e Why?, The Mysteries of Rome, The Guinea Pig,\u003c\/i\u003e the Free Newsreel \u003ci\u003eRevolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and the lucid \u003ci\u003eBefore, During After\u003c\/i\u003e, tackling Aldo Moro’s assassination by the Red Brigades. The book includes Zavattini’s last word on cinema and society, the testamentary satire \u003ci\u003eLa veritàaaa\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), written, directed and acted by Zavattini himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach text is preceded by an introduction, providing an essential frame of reference to make these writings entirely accessible to the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/b\u003e brings to the fore Zavattini’s ever-evolving internal dialogue between diary writer, screenwriter, narrative writer, and political activist. Essential to trace the origin of Zavattini’s ideas on cinema and understand his theorization of Neo-realism is the inclusion of a selection of the filmmaker’s pre-war writings. Most of the book provides a substantial anthology of texts translated from \u003ci\u003eNeorealismo ecc. \u003c\/i\u003e(1979), comprising Zavattini’s major essays, conference papers, unpublished production papers, interviews, and vital excerpts from his correspondence and published cinematic diary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough translation and detailed cultural and contextual commentary, translator and editor David Brancaleone traces not only Zavattini’s theory of the screen, but also his experimentation in new film practices, including the flash-film (film lampo), the inquiry film (\u003ci\u003efilm inchiesta\u003c\/i\u003e), cinema as encounter (\u003ci\u003ecinema d''incontro\u003c\/i\u003e), the diary film (\u003ci\u003efilm diario\u003c\/i\u003e), the confessional film (\u003ci\u003efilm-confessione\u003c\/i\u003e), and the grass-roots community film (\u003ci\u003ecinema insieme\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003ecinema di tanti per tanti\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach text is preceded by an introduction, providing an essential frame of reference to make these writings entirely accessible to the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317712789886,"sku":"NW9781501317187","price":161.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781501317187.jpg?v=1778722688","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/cesare-zavattini-selected-writings","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}