Issue 2 of Film Selezione, June 1960, monthly Italian magazine of cinema and TV review and criticism, edited by CIAC [Centro Internazionale Artistico Cinematografico], including: thoughts on the situation of Italian cinema; depiction of the Italian Resistance Movement in films and possible bias in 'La Sposa bella' by Nunnally Johnson; features on: ideology behind 'commercial films' controlled by film producers in contrast to 'art films' created by film directors; gangster films breaking taboos in Hollywood; boom in Italian film productions, quality issues and American influence in epics and 'swords and sandals' films; documentaries; commentary on Cannes Film Festival mentioning 'La Dolce Vita' and 'L'Avventura'; a review of cinema magazines at the time; 'Battleship Potemkin by Sergej Eisenstein; Soviet film critique and Russian magazines; Russian films; review of 'Generale della Rovere' by Rossellini; Pudovkin's montage technique; TV investigations; data on Italian cinema's cash intake in 1959; list of films in production; film and cinema illustrated adverts including 'Il Bidone' by Fellini; brief mentions to strikes in the industry, Marlene Dietrich, Mike Bongiorno and 'Campanile Sera' and censorship; Featuring Alain Delon in 'Rocco and his Brothers' on the front cover.
| Item number | 73817 |
|---|---|
| Category | Periodical |
| Type | Criticism/History |
| Dimensions | A5 |
| Language | Italian |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Related people | Federico Fellini (film director) |
| Michelangelo Antonioni (film director) | |
| Roberto Rossellini (film director) | |
| Alain Delon (actor) |