Sergio Leone Cinema as Political Fable【電子書籍】[ Christian Uva ]

＜p＞Spectacle, myth, fable - these words instantly leap to mind when considering director Sergio Leone's celebrated films. His popularization of the Spaghetti Western genre, through works like ＜em＞A Fistful of Dollars＜/em＞ (1964) and ＜em＞Once Upon a Time in the West＜/em＞ (1968), continues to have a profound impact on filmmakers worldwide. In this exciting new study, Italian film scholar Christian Uva explores a side of Leone's works rarely before discussed: the political. Grappling with the contradictions between Leone's politically critical cinematic eye and his aversion to ideological classification, ＜em＞Sergio Leone: Cinema as Political Fable＜/em＞ makes sense of how the director's internal political tensions shaped the radical themes of his Western fables. Looking at Leone and his films through a number of lenses, the book examines the elements of Italian history and identity interwoven in the director's stories, provides cultural context for a career spanning from Italy's fascist re．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る