Darkening the Italian Screen: Interviews with Genre and Exploitation Directors Who Debuted in the 1950s and 1960s

by Eugenio Ercolani

Overview

 The birth and rise of popular Italian cinema since the early 1950s can be attributed purely to necessity. The vast number of genres, sub-genres, currents and crossovers and the way they have overlapped, died out or replaced each other has been an attempt, in postwar years, to contain the invasion of U.S. product while satisfying the demands the American industry had created in Italy.

The author explores one of the most multi-faceted and contradictory industries cinema has ever known through the careers of those most closely associated with it. His recorded interviews were conducted with directors and actors both well-known and upcoming.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476635385
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	08/16/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	334
File size:	14 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Eugenio Ercolani is a film scholar and documentarian. For the past decade he has alternated these activities with those of assistant director and screenwriter. He is responsible for dozens of extras and featurettes, for both American and European labels. He lives in Rome.
Eugenio Ercolani is a film scholar and documentarian. For the past decade he has alternated these activities with those of assistant director and screenwriter. He is responsible for dozens of extras and featurettes, for both American and European labels. He lives in Rome.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
1953 deleteA Touch of Class: The Cinema of Giorgio Capitani
1958 deleteArmed to the Teeth: The Cinema of Umberto Lenzi
Giovanni Lombardo Radice, a.k.a. John Morghen, on Cannibal Ferox
1959 deleteMelancholy and Revolution: The Cinema of Giulio Petroni
1961 deleteJazzing from the Background: The Cinema of Alberto De Martino
1961 deleteThe Bitter and the Sweet: The Cinema of Romolo Guerrieri
1962 deleteLovable Slobs: The Cinema of Mario Caiano (Interview by Manlio Gomarasca)
1967 deleteCall Me François: The Cinema of Franco Rossetti
1967 deleteDestruction in Slow Motion: The Cinema of Enzo G. Castellari
From Uruguay with Love: Interview with George Hilton
1968 deleteThe Serious Caress of Frivolousness: The Cinema of Vittorio Sindoni
1968 deleteReal Cannibals: The Cinema of Ruggero Deodato
Italy’s Whipping Boy: Interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice
1969 deleteOf Films and Horses: The Cinema of Marcello Avallone
1969 deleteStrange Vices in Locked Rooms: The Cinema of Sergio Martino
Designing Mayhem: Interview with Massimo Antonello Geleng
The Origins of EX: Interview with Martine Brochard
Chapter Notes
Index

Editorial Reviews

This is what I love about this book, that it brings light to more than a few people that had connections to some of the films we love, but maybe didn’t know as much about them. There is a lot I learned from this book.... It really will give you a better insight to these unsung heroes of Italian genre.”—Kitley’s Krypt

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