The Maciste films of Italian silent cinema / Jacqueline Reich ; with an appendix by Claudia Gianetto (head of film archive) and Stella Dagna (film archivist),Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin, Italy.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xiv, 414 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Appendix translated from the Italian. Filmography: pages 282-293. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-394) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Why Maciste? -- The birth of the strongman: Italian silent cinema, stardom, and genre -- From slave to master: Cabiria (1914) and Maciste (1915) -- Maciste goes to war: Maciste Alpino (1916) -- Over there: the Maciste series, World War I, and American film culture -- Love, labor, and leadership: the Maciste series and modernity, 1919-1922 -- Muscling the nation: Benito Mussolini and the Maciste films of the 1920s -- Conclusion: The giant of the Dolomites and beyond -- Appendix by Claudia Gianetto and Stella Dagna, translated by Maria Elena d'Amelio -- Part 1: The restoration of the maciste series -- Part 2: Maciste: in focus -- Part 3: Filmography.
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