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Any gun can play : the essential guide to Euro-westerns / Kevin Grant Godalming, Surrey: FAB Press, May 2011.
Call No: 736.11Author: Grant, Kevin Edition: August 2013Place: Godalming, SurreyPublisher: FAB PressPubDate: May 2011PhysDes: 480 pages : illustrated ; 26 cmSubject: WESTERNS. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; WESTERNS. ITALY ; LEONE, SERGIO ; NERO, FRANCO ; BIG GUNDOWN, THE [RESA DEI CONTI, LA] (IT/SP, Sergio Sollima, 1966) ; BLINDMAN (US/IT, Ferdinando Baldi, 1972) ; BULLET FOR THE GENERAL, A (IT, Damiano Damiani, 1966) ; CORBUCCI, SERGIO ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; FULCI, LUCIO ; HILL, TERENCE ; SPENCER, BUD ; VAN CLEEF, LEE Summary: The success of Sergio Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy in the '60s sparked a gold rush, as a legion of European film-makers - many of them sharing the get-rich-quick mentality of Leone's mercenary anti-heroes - followed the master's lead to create some of the wildest Westerns ever made.
Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-westerns replaced straight-shooting sheriffs and courageous cowboys with amoral adventurers, whose murderous methods would shock the heroes of Hollywood Westerns. These films became box-office sensations around the world, and their influence can still be felt today.
Any Gun Can Play puts the phenomenon into perspective, exploring the films' wider reaches, their recurrent themes, characters, quirks and motifs. It examines Euro-westerns in relation to their American ancestors and the mechanics of the Italian popular film industry, and spotlights the unsung actors, directors and other artists who subverted the 'code' of the Western and dragged it into the modern age.
Based on years of research backed up by interviews with many of the genre's leading lights, including actors Franco Nero, Giuliano Gemma and Gianni Garko, writer Sergio Donati, and directors Sergio Sollima and Giuliano Carnimeo, Any Gun Can Play will satisfy both connoisseurs and the curious.
Complete with a foreword by Euro-Western legend Franco Nero, this stunningly illustrated reference guide takes aim at the lingering notion that the genre has little to offer beyond the 'Dollars' films and a fistful of others, exposing the full, vibrant history of the Euro-western. -- publisher's web siteNotes: Foreword by Franco NeroISBN: 9781903254615
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A fistful of dollars in Sydney University Film Group Bulletin (Aug. 1971) iss.55 p.34
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Graphic violence on the screen / edited by Thomas R. Atkins New York: Monarch Press, c1976.
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Italian cinema : from neorealism to the present / Peter Bondanella New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co., c1983.
Call No: 71(45) BONAuthor: Bondanella, Peter E., 1943 Place: New YorkPublisher: F. Ungar Pub. Co.PubDate: c1983PhysDes: viii, 440 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSeries: Ungar film librarySubject: ITALY ; NEOREALISM ; WESTERNS. ITALY ; CAVANI, LILIANA ; WERTMULLER, LINA ; COMENCINI, LUIGI ; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO ; DE SICA, VITTORIO ; VISCONTI, LUCHINO ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; Fellini, Federico ; BERTOLUCCI, BERNARDO ; LEONE, SERGIO ; Pasolini, Pier Paolo ; FERRERI, MARCO ; GERMI, PIETRO ; LATTUADA, ALBERTO ; MONICELLI, MARIO ; PONTECORVO, GILLO ; RISI, DINO ; ROSI, FRANCESCO ; TAVIANI, PAOLO & VITTORIO ; OLMI, ERMANNO ; PETRI, ELIO ; BRUSATI, FRANCO ; BELLOCCHIO, MARCO Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 413-421ISBN: 0804420645 : $17.95; 0804460612 (pbk.) : $10.95LON: 2315799 2315799
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The Italian cinema book / edited by Peter Bondanella London: British Film Institute ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Call No: 71(45) ITAAuthor: Bondanella, Peter Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film Institute ; Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xi, 380 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmSubject: ITALY ; ITALY IN FILMS ; NEOREALISM ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA. ITALY ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. ITALY ; REALISM IN FILMS ; SCRIPTWRITING ; HOLOCAUST IN FILMS ; FASHION AND THE CINEMA ; GANGSTER FILMS ; WESTERNS. ITALY ; WOMEN FILMMAKERS. ITALY ; BLASETTI, ALESSANDRO ; CAMERINI, MARIO ; DE SICA, VITTORIO ; LOREN, SOPHIA ; LOLLOGRIGIDA, GINA ; MONICELLI, MARIO ; MORETTI, NANNI Summary: "The Italian Cinema Book is an essential guide to the most important historical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of Italian cinema, from 1895 to the present day. With contributions from 39 leading international scholars, the book is structured around six chronologically organised sections [...] Acutely aware of the contemporary 'rethinking' of Italian cinema history, Peter Bondanella has brought together a diverse range of essays which represent the cutting edge of Italian film theory and criticism." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographic references and index -- "A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan." - title page.ISBN: 9781844574049Contents: Introduction / Peter Bondanella; PART ONE THE SILENT ERA -- Silent Italian Cinema: An International Story / Giorgio Bertellini -- The Beginnings of Film Stardom and the Print Media of Divismo / John P. Welle -- The Diva Film: Context, Actresses, Issues / Angela Dalle Vacche -- Italian Silent Film Genres: Comics, Serials, Historical Epics and Strongmen / Jacqueline Reich; PART TWO THE BIRTH OF THE TALKIES AND THE FASCIST ERA -- Fascism and Italian Cinema / David Forgacs -- Italian Matinee Idols in the Era of the Talkies / Marcia Landy -- The First Comedy, Italian Style: Blasetti, Camerini and De Sica / Vito Zagarrio -- Censorship from the Fascist Period to the Present / Guido Bonsaver; PART THREE POSTWAR CINEMATIC CULTURE – REALISM AND BEYOND -- Neorealism and Left-wing Culture / Stephen Gundle -- Cityscapes and Cinematic Space / Mark Shiel -- Dislocated Spaces for New Thought: Paths of Nomadic Wandering in Neorealist Film and Literature / Torunn Haaland -- Seeing Anew: Children in Italian Cinema, 1944 to the Present / Giovanna De Luca -- Italian Cinema from the Perspective of Female Friendship / Danielle Hipkins --The Maggiorata or Sweater Girl of the 1950s: Mangano, Lollobrigida, Loren / Pauline Small -- Hollywood and Italy: Industries and Fantasies / Robert S. C. Gordon; PART FOUR THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN CINEMA -- Material Dreams: Costume and Couture Italian Style: From Hollywood on the Tiber to the Italian Screen / Reka Buckley --Italian Film Music / M. Thomas Van Order -- Production around 1960 / Christopher Wagstaff -- The Muscleman Peplum: From Le fatiche di Ercole (1958) to Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965) / Jon Solomon -- Mondo Cane and the Invention of the Shockumentary / Gino Moliterno -- Spaghetti Westerns and Their Audience / Flavia Brizio-Skov -- Chronicles of a Hastened Modernisation: The Cynical Eye of the Commedia all'italiana / Remi Fournier Lanzoni -- The Political Film / Gaetana Marrone -- The Giallo and the Spaghetti Nightmare Film / Mikel J. Koven -- European Co-productions and Artistic Collaborations: The Italian Response to the Hollywood Studio System / Jean A. Gili -- How the Italians Happened to Cherish and Then to Disdain Their Cinema / Pierre Sorlin; PART FIVE AN AGE OF CRISIS, TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION -- Scriptwriting, Italian Style: Scriptwriting for Fellini / Gianfranco Angelucci -- Modern Mob Movies: Twenty Years of Gangsters on the Italian Screen / Dana Renga -- Screening Terrorism: Cinematic Portrayals of the Italian Armed Struggle / Giancarlo Lombardi -- Italian Cinema and Holocaust Memory / Millicent Marcus -- Italian National Cinema: The Cinepanettone / Alan O'Leary -- Stars and Masculinity in Contemporary Italian Cinema / Catherine O'Rawe -- Women behind the Camera: New Horizons in Contemporary Cinema / Flavia Laviosa; PART SIX NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITALIAN CINEMA -- Italian Cinema in the Post-national Age / Laura Rascaroli -- Post-colonial Theory and Italy's `Multicultural' Cinema / Aine O'Healy -- Italian Film Genres and Mario Bava / Mary P. Wood -- The Unwanted Guest: Some Remarks on Italian Cinema's Love Affair with Psychoanalysis / Fabio Vighi -- Fellini and Contemporary International Cinema / Peter Bondanella -- The Heritage of the Past and New Frontiers for the History of Italian Cinema / Gian Piero Brunetta.
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Malaysian Cinema, Asian Film : border crossings and national cultures / William van der Heide Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2002. Available at OAPEN (open access)
Call No: 71(595) VANAuthor: van der Heide, William Source: NEPlace: AmsterdamPublisher: Amsterdam University PressPubDate: 2002PhysDes: 301 p. : 24 cmSeries: Film Culture in TransitionSubject: MALAYSIA ; ASIAN COUNTRIES ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; SAMURAI FILMS ; WESTERNS. ITALY ; ORIENTAL ACTION FILMS ; INDIA ; HONG KONG ; INDONESIA Summary: A detailed study of the complexities of the film industry and film culture in Malaysia. Using cross-cultural analysis approaches, the book characterizes Malaysia as a pluralist society, consisting of a multiplicity of cultural identities.Notes: Includes filmography
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Spaghetti westerns : cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone / Christopher Frayling London Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.
Call No: 736.2 FRAAuthor: Frayling, Christopher Place: London BostonPublisher: Routledge & Kegan PaulPubDate: 1981PhysDes: xvi, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Cinema and societySubject: WESTERNS. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; WESTERNS. ITALY ; LEONE, SERGIO ; BERTOLUCCI, BERNARDO ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; FORD, JOHN ; MORRICONE, ENNIO ; SOLLIMA, SERGIO ; VOLONTE, GIAN MARIA ; WRIGHT, WILL ; MAY, KARL ; ECO, UMBERTO ; CORBUCCI, SERGIO ; DAMIANI, DAMIANO ; PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI (IT/SP/GW, Sergio Leone, 1964) ; C`ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (IT/FR, Sergio Leone, 1968) ; PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIU (IT/SP/GW, Sergio Leone, 1965) ; BUONO, IL BRUTTO, IL CATTIVO, IL (IT, Sergio Leone, 1966) Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 289-294ISBN: 0710005040 (pbk.); 0710005032 (hard)LON: 1933684
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Spaghetti westerns : the good, the bad, and the violent : a comprehensive, illustrated filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and their personnel, 1961-1977 / by Thomas Weisser Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1992.
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