Cinema/Tecnologia 5: Svolte Tecnologiche nel Cinema Italiano

The fourth volume of Cinema/tecnologia, entitled Technological innovation in Italian Cinema - Sound and Colour. A Successful connection between technique and aesthetics and edited by Sandro Bernardi. Part one on sound includes esays on the invention of sound in Italy by Ricardo Redi; The context of sound in 1930s Italian film by Paolo Valentini, including studies of 'L'uomo che sorride', Max Ophuls' 'La Signora di Tutti', and 'La Voce senza Volto' and a discussion of restoration issues; and a discussion of Italian cinema inventions by Alberto Friedman. Part 2 on colour has pieces on Italian colour processes by Fererico Pierotti; colour in Italian animation by Orosla Silvestrini; Colour in melodrama and sword and sandal films by Caostantino Maiani. Also appendices on Italian invention in sound and colour up to 1945.