Peter Bondanella is the author and editor of many other groundbreaking books on Italian culture, and is Chairman and Distinguished Professor, Western European Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
"A very good book and a very accurate one." Federico Fellini
"Extremely interesting and stimulating." Bernardo Bertolucci
"The librarian who does not get Bondanella immediately must be
petitioned, picketed, importuned." Choice
"The premier single volume reference to Italian films available to
an English readership....This comprehensive reference is an
essential, core addition to any personal, professional, or academic
film reference library." The Bookwatch, July 2001
"This comprehensive guide to Italian cinema focuses on cinema as an
art form, and the key role played by the director. Bondanella's
firsthand knowledge of the Italian language and culture a level of
knowledge unavailable to most American film critics/writers
provides students and aficionados of Italian cinema with in-depth
insights." Book News
To measure the progress and development of Anglo-American studies
on Italian cinema, one needs only to consider Peter Bondanella's
pioneering and seminal Italian Cinema from Neorealism to the
Present. Despite its shortened account of silent and early sound
Italian films, Bondanella's work carries the crucial merit of
having opened up a panoramic view of Italian national cinema to
Anglo-American film scholars who in general were mostly familiar
with only a few masterpieces. Over the years, Bondanella's
systematic approach has enabled and inspired countless studies."
Gian Piero Brunetta
"A very good book and a very accurate one."--Federico Fellini
"Extremely interesting and stimulating."--Bernardo Bertolucci
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