Rocco and his brothers : (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) / Sam Rohdie.
- Title
- Rocco and his brothers : (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) / Sam Rohdie.
- Published by
- London : BFI Publishing, 1992.
- Author
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- Description
- 80 p. : ill., ports.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- "Luchino Visconti, perhaps the greatest of all Italian directors, was at the height of his powers when he directed Rocco and His Brothers in 1960. An epic of modern urban life, Rocco tells the story of a family of peasants uprooted from their village in southern Italy, and forced to battle for existence in the industrial metropolis of Milan." "Though fascinated by the social reality of modern Italy, Visconti had by this time thrown off the influence of the neorealist movement. He had developed a style all his own, enriched by his experience of directing opera for the stage. As a result, the characters in Rocco are no longer held in check by the naturalistic conventions of neorealism. Instead, they erupt on the screen with all the emotional power of heightened melodrama." "The violent sexuality projected by Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale and the rest of Visconti's impressive cast was too much for the Italian censors, who cut several scenes. Sam Rohdie's informed and perceptive analysis of the full, restored version reveals the film as one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian cinema."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series statement
- BFI film classics
- Uniform title
- BFI film classics
- Alternative title
- Rocco e i suoi fratelli.
- Subject
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80).
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain