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Orson Welles in Italy
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Orson Welles in Italy Hardcover - 2013

by Alberto Anile; Marcus Perryman (Translator)


From the publisher

Fleeing a Hollywood that spurned him, Orson Welles arrived in Italy in 1947 to begin his career anew. Far from being welcomed as the celebrity who directed and starred in Citizen Kane, his six-year exile in Italy was riddled with controversy, financial struggles, disastrous love affairs, and failed projects. Alberto Anile's book depicts the artist's life and work in Italy, including his reception by the Italian press, his contentious interactions with key political figures, and his artistic output, which culminated in the filming of Othello. Drawing on revelatory new material on the artist's personal and professional life abroad, Orson Welles in Italy also chronicles Italian cinema's transition from the social concerns of neorealism to the alienated characters in films such as Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, amid the cultural politics of postwar Europe and the beginnings of the cold war.

Details

  • Title Orson Welles in Italy
  • Author Alberto Anile; Marcus Perryman (Translator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Indiana University Press
  • Date 2013-09-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780253010414 / 0253010411
  • Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.29 x 6.35 x 1.16 in (23.60 x 16.13 x 2.95 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Actors - United States, Motion picture producers and directors -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013016446
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

Citations

  • Choice, 04/01/2014, Page 0
  • New York Review of Books, 12/19/2013, Page 75

About the author

Alberto Anile is an Italian film critic and journalist. He is author of several books and essays about director Roberto Rossellini and comedy actor Tot. His last book (with Maria Gabriella Giannice) concerns Luchino Visconti's The Leopard.

Marcus Perryman is editor and translator (with Peter Robinson) of The Selected Poetry and Prose of Vittorio Sereni.