Global Neorealism: The Transnational History of a Film Style

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments i Introduction The Geography and History of Global Neorealism 3 saverio giovacchini and robert sklar PART 1 Before the (Neorealist) Revolution 19 vito zagarrio Soviet-Italian Cinematic Exchanges, 1920s–1950s From Early Soviet Film Theory to Neorealism 37 masha salazkina The Role of Documentary Film in the Formation of the Neorealist Cinema 52 luca caminati PART 2 “The Exalted Spirit of the Actual” James Agee, Critic and Filmmaker, and the U.S. Response to Neorealism 71 robert sklar Marketing Meaning, Branding Neorealism Advertising and Promoting Italian Cinema in Postwar America 87 nathaniel brennan Neorealism Another “Cinéma de Papa” for the French New Wave? 103 caroline eades viii contents “With an Incredible Realism That Beats the Best of the European Cinemas” The Making of Barrio Gris and the Reception of Italian Neorealism in Argentina, 1947–1955 125 paula halperin Living in Peace after the Massacre Neorealism, Colonialism, and Race 141 saverio giovacchini PART 3 From Italian Neorealism to New Latin American Cinema Ruptures and Continuities during the 1960s 163 mariano mestman Importing Neorealism, Exporting Cinema Indian Cinema and Film Festivals in the 1950s 178 neepa majumdar Neorealism and Nationalist African Cinema 194 sada niang Documenting the Social Reality of Brazil Roberto Rossellini, the Paraíban Documentary School, and the Cinema Novistas 209 sarah sarzynski Neorealism Iranian Style 226 hamid naficy Epilogue Neorealism, Cinema of Poetry, and Italian Contemporary Cinema 240 silvia carlorosi Contributors 257 Index 260 ...