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General Texts on Italian History, Culture, and Society (1 items)

A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics, 1943-1988 - Paul Ginsborg, 1990 Book | Core (Must Read) | In particular: 'Chapter 2: Resistance and Liberation' (pp. 39-71), and 'Chapter 3: The Post-war Settlement, 1945-8' (pp. 72-120).

General Texts on Neorealism and Italian Cinema (15 items)

Italian Neorealism - Peter Bondanella, 1999 [1983] Chapter | Core (Must Read) | In: A History of Italian Cinema. A useful and very accessible introductory essay on Neorealism.

From Neorealism to La dolce vita - Gian Piero Brunetta Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | In: A History of Italian Cinema. A useful introduction to Neorealism by one of the foremost historians of Italian cinema.

Italian neorealist cinema - Torunn Haaland, 2012 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful recent book on Neorealism. See Chapter 1 (pp. 1-32) for the historical background to Neorealism, and Chapter 2 (pp. 33-61) for a discussion of the notion of realism. (Chapters on individual filmmakers are listed under the relevant weeks).

Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City - Mark Shiel, 2006 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | A basic, but useful introduction to Neorealism with a particular focus on the representation of the city.

Springtime in Italy: a Reader on Neo-realism - David Overbey, 1978 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | This early anthology collects together a variety of useful writings on Neorealism, or by Neorealist filmmakers, together with some historical background.

Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the Present - Mira Liehm, 1984 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Chapters 1-5 (pp. 41-137) of this history of Italian cinema provide a useful introductory account of Neorealism.

Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism - Millicent Marcus, 1986 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | An excellent book on Neorealism and its legacy. (Key chapters are indicated week-by-week.)

Third Generation: The Most Popular Form of Entertainment - Pierre Sorlin, 1996 Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | The chapter on the Neorealist period from an

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excellent book on Italian cinema in relation to the film industry and society. Useful for considering the industrial and social influences on the Neorealist 'movement'.

Italian Film - Landy, Marcia, 2000 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | A fair history of Italian cinema. See in particular: 'Chapter 5. The Landscape and Neorealism' (pp. 121-148) and 'Chapter 6: Gramsci and Italian Cinema' (pp. 149-180).

Realisms and Neorealisms in Italian Cinema - Mary Wood, 2005 Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A reasonable introduction to Neorealism from this basic, undergraduate book on Italian cinema.

My Voyage to Italy - Martin Scorsese, 1999 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | An interesting documentary by Italian-American filmmaker Martin Scorsese on how he learned about his cultural heritage through Italian cinema. Contains interesting analyses of key Neorealist films from a filmmaker's perspective. VHS.

Italian neorealist cinema: an aesthetic approach - Christopher Wagstaff, c2007 Book | Background (Could Read) | This is one of the best analyses of Neorealism - but it is also long and dense. Chapter 1 (pp. 7-40) provides the historical/cultural context and Chapter 2 (pp.41-93) discusses the notion of realism. Subsequent chapters analysing key films are indicated week-by-week. Also useful for reference are the brief 'A Standard Introduction to Neorealism' (pp. 409-413) and 'Historical Background for Neorealism' (pp. 414-416).

Brutal Vision: the Neorealist Body in Postwar Italian Cinema - Karl Schoonover, 2012 Book | Background (Could Read)

Patterns of Realism - Roy Armes, 1971 Book | Background (Could Read) | One of the first books in English on Neorealism, but still fairly useful.

A New Guide to Italian Cinema - Carlo Celli, Marga Cottino-Jones, 2007 Book | Background (Could Read) | In particular Chapters 3-5 (pp. 39-82), which provide a fairly useful overview of Neorealism.

General Texts on Studying Film (2 items)

A Short Guide to Writing about Film - Timothy Corrigan, 2014 Book | Core (Must Read) | A very useful guide for anyone who has not studied film before. Available in hard copy and online via the library catalogue.

Film Art: an Introduction - David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, 2013 Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Classic introductory text for film studies. Very useful if you are new to analysing film. There are multiple editions; any are suitable, but try to get a more recent edition if you can.

Week 14: Approaches to Studying Film: Classical Hollywood & Fascist

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Cinema (1 items)

Film art: an introduction - David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, 2013 Book | Core (Must Read) | There are numerous editions of this book; any are suitable, but try to get a more recent edition if possible. You will each be assigned one of the following chapters to read in preparation for next week's seminar: 5.Mise-en-scence; 6.The Shot; 7.Editing; 8. Sound.

Week 15: Roberto Rossellini & Roma città aperta (11 items)

Roma città aperta / Rome, Open City - Roberto Rossellini Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | In addition to the library DVD, this film is also available to stream via Moodle. [There is also a restored version (Rossellini's War Trilogy) with supplementary material on order with the library. You can view this instead when it becomes available.]

Criterion Collection: Rossellini's War Trilogy - Roberto Rossellini Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | This box-set contains restored versions of Roma città aperta, Paisà and Germania anno zero together with a wealth of documentary and contextual material. It is currently on order by the library and you will need a 'Region 1' compatible DVD player/laptop to play this disc. You can view either the existing DVDs or the electronic versions on Moodle instead if this is not available.

Roma città aperta and the Birth of Italian Neorealism - Peter Bondanella, 1993 Chapter | Core (Must Read) | This essay provides a good introduction to Roma città aperta and the key role it played in Neorealism. In: The Films of Roberto Rossellini. Electronic version available via Moodle.

Open City - Peter Brunette, 1996 [1987] Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | This essay provides a good introductory analysis of Roma città aperta. Available in hardcopy and online via the library catalogue.

Springtime in Italy: Introduction - David Overbey Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful introduction to Neorealism and the broader historical and cultural context in which it is situated. Electronic version available via Moodle.

Rome Open City - Marcia Landy Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A very useful basic introduction to the film.

Rossellini's Open City: The Founding - Millicent Marcus Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful analysis of the film. In: Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism.

Rome open city = Roma citta ̀ aperta - Forgacs, David, British Film Institute, 2000 Book | Background (Could Read) | This is an excellent and authoritative, book-length study for anyone writing on the film.

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Roma città aperta - Christopher Wagstaff Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A lengthy and hugely detailed close-analysis for anyone writing on the film who wishes to examine the film in greater detail or improve their film-analysis skills.

Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City - Gottlieb, Sidney, 2004 Book | Background (Could Read) | An edited collection of essays on the film. The most useful chapters are: 1. Rossellini, Open City and Neorealism (pp. 31-42); 2. The Making of Roma città aperta: The Legacy of Fascism and the Birth of Neorealism' (pp.43-66); and 6. Mourning, Melancholia and the Popular Front.

Open City - Tad Gallagher Chapter | Background (Could Read) | An interesting account of the making of the film from Rossellini's biography.

Week 16: Roberto Rossellini & Paisà (14 items)

Paisà - Roberto Rossellini, 1946 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | 1 copy, 24hr, DV3500.

Criterion Collection: Rossellini's War Trilogy - Roberto Rossellini Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | This box-set contains restored versions of Roma città aperta, Paisà and Germania anno zero together with a wealth of documentary and contextual material. It is currently on order by the library and you will need a 'Region 1' compatible DVD player/laptop to play this disc. You can view either the existing DVDs or the electronic versions on Moodle instead if this is not available.

Paisan - Peter Brunette Chapter | Core (Must Read) | This essay provides a good introductory analysis of Paisà. Available in hardcopy and online via the library catalogue.

A Discussion of Neorealism: An Interview with Mario Verdone - Roberto Rossellini Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | In My Method. One of the most useful interviews with Rossellini, in which he explains what Neorealism means to him. Electronic version available via Moodle.

Paisà and the Rejection of Traditional Narrative Cinema - Peter Bondanella Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful analysis of the film. In: The Films of Roberto Rossellini.

Rossellini's Cities of War and Resistance Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A good recent publication on Rossellini's War Trilogy. Print copy also available in the library

Paisà - Giuliana Muscio Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A fairly useful, basic introductory essay on the film.

Neorealism = ∞ (Some More Theory) - Tag Gallagher Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful introduction to the 'theory' of Neorealism (discussed in weeks 18 and 19) making specific reference to Rossellini's films.

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Rossellini and Neorealism - Christopher Wagstaff Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A short, but pertinent, analysis of Rossellini's films as examples of Neorealism. In Roberto Rossellini: Magician of the Real.

Paisà - Christopher Wagstaff Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A lengthy and hugely detailed close-analysis for anyone writing on the film who wishes to examine the film in greater detail or improve their film-analysis skills.

Paisà - Tag Gallagher Chapter | Background (Could Read) | An interesting account of the making of the film from Rossellini's biography.

Rossellini's Resistance - P. Adams Sitney Chapter | Background (Could Read)

Patterns of Realism - Roy Armes, 1971 Book | Background (Could Read) | An early - but still fairly useful - book on Neorealism. For this week see Part 3, Chapters 1-5 (pp. 63-92) on Rossellini.

Germany Year Zero / Germania anno zero - Roberto Rossellini, 1948 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | This is the third of Rossellini's Neorealist War Trilogy and is useful viewing for anyone writing on Rossellini. Ideally you should view the restored edition contained in the 'Rossellini's War Trilogy' box-set listed above, if possible.

Week 18: Luchino Visconti and La terra trema (11 items)

La terra trema - Luchino Visconti, 2003 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read)

La terra trema - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith Chapter | Core (Must Read) | From the seminar English-language book on Visconti. (Note: page numbers refer to the 3rd edition and may vary in other editions.) Electronic version available via Moodle.

Visconti and Neorealism - Henry Bacon Chapter | Core (Must Read) | An excellent analysis of Visconti's Neorealist films. See in particular the section on La terra trema (pp. 32-50). Electronic version available via Moodle.

5. La terra trema - André Bazin Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | Classic contemporary response to the film from Bazin. Available in hard copy and online via the library catalogue.

Visconti's Worlds of Aestheticism and Ideology Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A good recent publication on Visconti's Neorealist films. Print copy also available in library

9. La terra trema & 10. The Critical Realism of Luchino Visconti - Roy Armes

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Chapter | Background (Could Read) | An early essay on Visconti's film - fairly useful.

Visconti: The National Language, Dialect and the Southern Question - P. Adams Sitney Chapter | Background (Could Read) | Useful background reading on Visconti and La terra trema.

Visconti's La terra trema - Millicent Marcus Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A useful article on La terra trema as an adaptation of Giovanni Verga's novel, I malavoglia.

Arena: The Life and Times of Visconti - 2003 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | A useful documentary on Visconti's life and films.

Bellissima - Luchino Visconti, 1951 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | The last of Visconti's Neorealist films; useful contextual viewing if you are writing about - or presenting on - Visconti.

Ossessione - Luchino Visconti, 1943 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | The first of Visconti's Neorealist films; useful contextual viewing if you are writing about - or presenting on - Visconti.

Week 19: André Bazin, Vittorio De Sica & Ladri di biciclette (10 items)

The bicycle thieves - Vittorio De Sica, 1948 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | The Arrow Academy (blu-ray/DVD) edition is preferable to other DVD edition held by the library. In addition to the library DVD, this film is also available to stream via Moodle.

Andre ́ Bazin and Italian Neorealism - Andre ́ Bazin, Bert Cardullo, 2011 Book | Core (Must Read) | In particular, the following chapters: 2. Defining the Real: the Film Theory and Criticism of André Bazin; 3. What Is Neorealism?; 4. Cinematic Realism and the Italian School of the Liberation; 7. Bicycle Thieves; 8. Vittorio De Sica: Metteur-en-scene. Available in hard copy and online via the library catalogue.

Bicycle Thieves - Geoffrey Nowell-Smith Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | In Film Analysis: A Norton Reader. A very useful basic introduction to the film. Electronic version available via Moodle.

De Sica's Bicycle Thief: Casting Shadows on the Visionary City - Millicent Marcus Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful analysis of the film. In: Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism.

Ladri di biciclette / The Bicycle Thieves - Carlo Celli Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A fairly useful, basic introductory essay on the

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film.

Ladri di biciclette - Christopher Wagstaff Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A lengthy and hugely detailed close-analysis for anyone writing on the film who wishes to examine the film in greater detail or improve their film-analysis skills.

Bicycle thieves =: (Ladri di biciclette) - Robert S. C. Gordon, British Film Institute, 2008 Book | Background (Could Read) | This is an excellent and authoritative, book-length study for anyone writing on the film.

Bicycle Thieves: A Re-reading - Frank P. Tomasullo Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A reasonably useful analysis of the film. In Vittorio De Sica: Contemporary Perspectives.

Realism in the Cinema: Bicycle Thieves - Kristin Thompson Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A very detailed and convincing analysis of the film. In: Breaking the Glass Armor.

Holding Hands with a Bicycle Thief - Mark West Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A reasonably useful analysis of the film. In Vittorio De Sica: Contemporary Perspectives.

Week 20: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica & Umberto D. (11 items)

Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica, 1952 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read)

Some Ideas on the Cinema Chapter | Core (Must Read) | This essay is also available in the book 'Vittorio De Sica: Contemporary Perspectives'. In: Film - A Montage of Theories. Electronic version available via Moodle.

13: Umberto D.: A Great Work - André Bazin Chapter | Core (Must Read) | In: André Bazin and Italian Neorealism. Available in hard copy and online via the library catalogue.

De Sica's Umberto D.: Dark Victory for Neorealism - Millicent Marcus Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | An excellent analysis of the film. In: Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism. Electronic version available via Moodle.

Wandering among De Sica's Urbanites Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A good recent publication on De Sica's Neorealist films. print copy also available in the library

Cesare Zavattini Audio-visual document | Recommended (Should Read) | This documentary is included on the DVD/Blu-ray of Bicycle Thieves and is highly recommended as an introduction to the work and theories of Cesare Zavattini.

Umberto D. and Realism - Gilberto Perez

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Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A reasonably useful analysis of the film. In Vittorio De Sica: Contemporary Perspectives.

Patterns of Realism - Roy Armes, 1971 Book | Background (Could Read) | An early - but still fairly useful - book on Neorealism. For this week, see in particular Part 3, Chapters 14-18 (pp.146-172) on De Sica/Zavattini.

Shoeshine - 2006 Book | Background (Could Read) | This is the first of De Sica's Neorealist films and is extremely useful contextual viewing if you are writing about, or presenting on, De Sica.

Miracle in Milan - Vittorio De Sica, Vittorio De Sica, 2012 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | This DVD/Blu-ray set contains the remaining two of De Sica's Neorealist films and provides useful contextual viewing if you are writing about, or presenting on, De Sica.

De Sica's and Zavattini's Neopopulism - P.Adams Sitney Chapter | Background (Could Read) | Useful background reading on De Sica and Zavattini.

Week 22. Roberto Rossellini and Viaggio in Italia (6 items)

Journey to Italy / Viaggio in Italia - Roberto Rossellini, 2003 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read)

Voyage to Italy - Peter Brunette Chapter | Core (Must Read) | An excellent introductory analysis of the film. Available online via the library catalogue.

Vesuvian Topographies: The Eruption of the Past in Journey to Italy - Laura Mulvey Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | Electronic version available via Moodle.

Viaggio in Italia: Ingrid Bergman and a New Cinema of Psychological Introspection - Peter Bondanella Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful analysis of the film.

Voyage in Italy - Tag Gallagher Chapter | Background (Could Read) | An interesting account of the making of the film from Rossellini's biography.

Stromboli - 2015 Book | Background (Could Read) | This is the first of Rossellini's collaborations with Ingrid Bergman, and is useful viewing if you are writing about - or presenting on - Rossellini's later films.

Week 23. Francesco Rosi & Salvatore Giuliano (7 items)

Salvatore Giuliano - Francesco Rosi, 1961 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | You can view either of the two DVD releases of the film listed here, but they contain different supplementary materials.

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Salvatore Giuliano - Francesco Rosi, 1961 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | You can view either of the two DVD releases of the film listed here, but they contain different supplementary materials. [Note you will need a 'Region 1' compatible DVD player laptop to play this Criterion version.]

Salvatore Giuliano: Francesco Rosi's Revolutionary Postmodernism - Ben Lawton Chapter | Core (Must Read) | Excellent essay providing historical background to the Giuliano affair and a thorough analysis of the film. Electronic version available via Moodle.

Francesco Rosi: The Dialectical Cinema - John J. Michalczyk Chapter | Background (Could Read) | A useful introduction to the films of Francesco Rosi. Electronic version available via Moodle.

The Journey beyond Neorealism Chapter | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful essay discussing the legacy of Neorealism in Italian cinema. Electronic version available via Moodle. Print copy also available in library

In Memoriam: The Neorealism Legacy in the Contemporary Sicilian Anti-Mafia Film - Millicent Marcus Chapter | Background (Could Read) | An interesting essay on the relationship between recent Italian Mafia films and Neorealism.

Le mani sulla citta: Hands over the city - Francesco Rosi, 2014 Book | Background (Could Read) | This Neorealist-influenced film is useful contextual viewing if you are writing about - or presenting on - Francesco Rosi.

Week 24: Matteo Garrone & Gomorra (7 items)

Gomorrah - Matteo Garrone, 2008 Audio-visual document | Core (Must Read) | In addition to the library DVD, this film is also available to stream via Moodle.

La Malavita: Gomorrah and Naples - Michael Covino, 2009 Article | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful introductory essay on the film. Available online via the library catalogue.

Inside 'The System': An Interview with Matteo Garrone - Porton, Richard, 2009 Article | Recommended (Should Read) | An interesting interview with the film's director. Available online via the library catalogue.

The Gomorrah Doctrine - Megan Ratner, 2009 Article | Recommended (Should Read) | A useful essay on the film. Available online via the library catalogue.

Gomorrah - Roberto Saviano, 2007 Book | Background (Could Read) | The non-fiction novel on which the film is based. Useful background material for anyone writing on the film.

Non solo Gomorra: tutto il cinema di Matteo Garrone - Pierpaolo De Sanctis, Domenico Monetti, Luca Pallanch

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Book | Background (Could Read) | In Italian! A useful book on the director for Italian speakers.

The Stolen Children / Il ladro di bambini - Gianni Amelio, 2011 Audio-visual document | Background (Could Read) | This 'Neo-neorealist' film is useful contextual viewing if you are writing about the legacy of Neorealism.

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