{"product_id":"italian-film-in-the-present-tense","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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312899268990,"sku":"NW9781487546199","price":25.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781487546199.jpg?v=1778590129","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/italian-film-in-the-present-tense","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}