Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo is best known for his films about anti-colonial insurgency and terrorism. In this book, containing several black and white photos, author Carlo Celli examines Pontecorvo's entire career, from his days as a leader in the anti-Nazi/fascist resistance during World War II to his 1992 short documentary about Algeria's struggle with Islamic fundamentalism.
Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo is best known for his films about anti-colonial insurgency and terrorism. In this book, containing several black and white photos, author Carlo Celli examines Pontecorvo's entire career, from his days as a leader in the anti-Nazi/fascist resistance during World War II to his 1992 short documentary about Algeria's struggle with Islamic fundamentalism.
Carlo Celli is an Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University. He has written extensively on Italian cinema, and is the author of The Divine Comic: The Cinema of Roberto Benigni (Scarecrow, 2001).
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Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1. Pontecorvo and Aldo Vergano's Il sole sorge ancora/Outcry (1946) Chapter 5 2. The Neorealist Tradition and Pontecorvo's Early Documentaries, 1953-1956 Chapter 6 3. First Features: Giovanna (1956) and La grande strada azzurra/The Wide Blue Road (1957) Chapter 7 4. Kapò (1960) and the Pitfalls of Holocaust Re-creation Chapter 8 5. The Two Endings of La battaglia di Algeri/The Battle of Algiers (1966) Chapter 9 6. The Colonial, Postcolonial Parable of Queimada!/Burn! (1969) Chapter 10 7. The "Guilty Conscience" of Ogro (1979) Chapter 11 8. Pontecorvo's Retreat: Ritorno ad Algeri/Return to Algiers (1992) and Nostalgia di protezione/Protection Nostalgia (1997) Part 12 Filmography Part 13 Bibliography Part 14 Index Part 15 About the Author
Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1. Pontecorvo and Aldo Vergano's Il sole sorge ancora/Outcry (1946) Chapter 5 2. The Neorealist Tradition and Pontecorvo's Early Documentaries, 1953-1956 Chapter 6 3. First Features: Giovanna (1956) and La grande strada azzurra/The Wide Blue Road (1957) Chapter 7 4. Kapò (1960) and the Pitfalls of Holocaust Re-creation Chapter 8 5. The Two Endings of La battaglia di Algeri/The Battle of Algiers (1966) Chapter 9 6. The Colonial, Postcolonial Parable of Queimada!/Burn! (1969) Chapter 10 7. The "Guilty Conscience" of Ogro (1979) Chapter 11 8. Pontecorvo's Retreat: Ritorno ad Algeri/Return to Algiers (1992) and Nostalgia di protezione/Protection Nostalgia (1997) Part 12 Filmography Part 13 Bibliography Part 14 Index Part 15 About the Author
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