Forms of Changing Italy. Moretti as Neomodernist

Authors

  • Cristina Jandelli University of Florence

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i4.7503

Keywords:

Italian cinematic forms, Nanni Moretti, Palombella rossa, Caro diario, cinematic neomodernity

Abstract

This formalist analysis of Palombella rossa and Caro diario intends to propose a reassessment of Moretti’s cinema between the eighties and nineties. Rather than analyzing the two films not only in the light of postmodernity, the text tries to identify their values, inheritance and genealogy with the forms of neo-modernity. Finally, it shows how these films extend their influence on contemporary Italian cinema.

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Author Biography

Cristina Jandelli, University of Florence

Cristina Jandelli is Associate Professor in the Excellence Department SAGAS (History, Archaeology, Geography, Arts, Performing Arts) at the University of Florence, where she is President of the undergraduate course DAMS (disciplines of visual arts, performing arts and music). She teaches History of Cinema and Italian Cinema. She studies in particular the contribution to film given by actors, acting styles and stardom, with specific reference to the silent era and the Italian context, in which she explores also the relationship between film and gender history. She wrote I ruoli nel teatro italiano fra Otto e Novecento (Roles in Italian Theater between XVIII and XIX Century, Le Lettere, 2002; CUE Press, 2016), La scena pensante. Cesare Zavattini fra teatro e cinema (Thinking Stage. Cesare Zavattini between Theater and Film, Bulzoni, 2002), Le dive italiane del cinema muto (Italian Divas in the Silent Era, L’Epos, 2006). With Marsilio she published Breve storia del divismo cinematografico.

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Published

2020-12-21

How to Cite

Jandelli, C. (2020). Forms of Changing Italy. Moretti as Neomodernist. SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (4), 663–697. https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i4.7503

Issue

No. 4 (2020): The representation of the Cold war in literature and the arts (1947-1989)

Section

Varia

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