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A Certain Realism
Maurizio Viano
其他書名
Making Use of Pasolini's Film Theory and Practice
出版University of California Press, 1993-07-15
主題Performing Arts / GeneralPerforming Arts / Film / GeneralPerforming Arts / Film / Direction & ProductionPerforming Arts / Film / History & CriticismPerforming Arts / Individual Director
ISBN05200785519780520078550
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=460wDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was arguably the most complex director of postwar Italian cinema. His films—Accattone, The Canterbury Tales, Medea, Saló—continue to challenge and entertain new generations of moviegoers. A leftist, a homosexual, and a distinguished writer of fiction, poetry, and criticism, Pasolini once claimed that "a certain realism" informed his filmmaking.

Masterfully combining analyses of Pasolini's literary and theoretical writings and of all his films, Maurizio Viano offers the first thorough study of Pasolini's cinematic realism, in theory and in practice. He finds that Pasolini's cinematic career exemplifies an "expressionistic realism" that acknowledges its subjective foundation instead of striving for an impossible objectivity.

Focusing on the personal and expressionistic dimensions of Pasolini's cinema, Viano also argues that homosexuality is present in the films in ways that critics have thus far failed to acknowledge. Sure to generate controversy among film scholars, Italianists, and fans of the director's work, this accessible film-by-film treatment is an ideal companion for anyone watching Pasolini's films on video.