Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222), filmography (pages 223-227), and index.
Contents:
Part I : Neorealist interiors in word and image -- La terra trema (The Earth Trembles, 1948) : inhabiting The House by the Medlar Tree, from Verga to Visconti -- Ossessione (Obsession, 1941) : in from the outside : literary interiors in neorealist exteriors -- Senso (1954) and Le notti bianche (White Nights, 1957) : voice and body : books through stars of the screen -- Part II : the super-spectacle adaptations -- Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers, 1960) : passion and pugilism in Visconti's boxing film -- Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963) and Il lavoro (The Job, 1962) : wedding bestseller with blockbuster -- La caduta degli del (Götterdämmerung) (The Damned, 1969) : a queer Macbeth in nazi uniform -- Part III : the late works, page to screen -- Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (Sandra, 1965) and L'Innocente (The Intruder, 1976) : D'Annunzio, decadence, and tragic masculinity -- Lo straniero (The Stranger, 1967) : crime and punishment in a "failed" adaptation -- Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice, 1971) : ode to the elegant art of adaptation.
Summary:
"Examines the place of book-to-film adaptations by one of Italy's most famous postwar film directors"-- Provided by publisher.
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