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Art, entertainment and politics : Alessandro Blasetti and the rise of the Italian film industry, 1929-1959
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Gundle, Stephen and Zegna, Michela (2020) Art, entertainment and politics : Alessandro Blasetti and the rise of the Italian film industry, 1929-1959. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 40 (1). pp. 6-28. doi:10.1080/01439685.2020.1715592 ISSN 0143-9685.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2020.1715592
Abstract
This article explores the role of Alessandro Blasetti in arguing for, and promoting, the development of the Italian film industry before and after the Second World War. Though a prominent film director for more than thirty years, Blasetti was never considered an auteur: he had no distinct authorial style and not did he specialise in any particular genre. Unlike some postwar directors, he never positioned himself in opposition to producers but, on the contrary, worked closely with many of them, winning a reputation for reliability and professionalism. A supporter of Fascism until the later 1930s, he encouraged state involvement in the industry and was the first to use the Cinecittà studios, inaugurated in 1937, to their full potential. After the war, he mediated between opposing political forces to defend the interests of the Italian cinema as an industry and a ‘collective art’. He was responsible for creating several stars, including Gino Cervi and Sophia Loren. Drawing on the Blasetti archive, the article considers the range of the director’s activities, political links and his way of conceiving his role, immersed in rather than against the industry.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Film and Television Studies | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0143-9685 | ||||||
Official Date: | 29 January 2020 | ||||||
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Volume: | 40 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 6-28 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/01439685.2020.1715592 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television on 29/01/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01439685.2020.1715592 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 November 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 July 2021 | ||||||
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