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Book SynopsisPresents Liliana Cavani's work as a cinema of ideas, showing how it takes pleasure in the telling of a story and ultimately revolts against all binding ideological and commercial codes. This book explores the rich visual language in which Cavani expresses thought, and the cultural icons that constitute her style and images.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 2000 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize, Italian Literary Studies "Marrone provides detailed analyses of Cavani's films within the framework of the history of ideas and convincingly argues for the depth and seriousness of the director's art... Informed by interviews with Cavani and materials from the director's own archives, this title is recommended for all readers."--Choice
Table of ContentsList of Photographic ReproductionsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Pt. 1The Labyrinth: Cognition and Tragic Imagination151Francesco di Assisi: The Medieval Chronicle and the Establishing of Physical Reality172Realism against Illusion: The Ceremonial Divestiture of Power in Galileo373Metaphors of Revolt: The Dialogic Silence in I cannibali57Pt. 2The Transgressive Gaze: Style as Tension794Toward a Negative Mythopoeia: Spectacle Memory, and Representation in The Night Porter815Staging the Gaze: Beyond Good and Evil1166Theatricality and Reflexivity in The Berlin Affair140Pt. 3Metaphors of Vision1597The Architectonics of Form: Francesco and Milarepa1618The Essential Solitude: A Conclusion188Notes195Filmography251Bibliography259Index305
