| Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker Contributor(s): Curti, Roberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476680345 ISBN-13: 9781476680347 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Individual Director - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2021029319 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (1.35 lbs) 353 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elio Petri (1929-1982) was one of the most commercially successful and critically revered Italian directors ever. A cultured intellectual and a politically committed filmmaker, Petri made award-winning movies that touched controversial social, religious, and political themes, such as the Mafia in We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), police brutality in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), and workers' struggles in Lulu the Tool (1971). His work also explored genre in a thought-provoking and refreshing manner with a taste for irony and the grotesque: among his best works are the science fiction satire The 10th Victim (1965), the ghost story A Quiet Place in the Country (1968), and the grotesque giallo Todo modo (1976). This book examines Elio Petri's life and career, and places his work within the social and political context of postwar Italian culture, politics, and cinema. It includes a detailed production history and critical analysis of each of his films, plenty of never-before-seen bits of information recovered from the Italian ministerial archives, and an in-depth discussion of the director's unfilmed projects. |