Listening to Fellini
M. Thomas Van Order
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Description for Listening to Fellini
Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
For decades scholarship on Federico Fellini has focused on the figure of the director himself, while formal analysis based on the craft of filmmaking has been largely ignored. Fellini spent countless hours in the studios of Cinecitta recording, mixing, and editing music, voices, and sound effects for his films, but his unique and often revolutionary uses of cinematic sound have never been systematically studied. This book reveals the singularly important role played by music in the construction of meaning in Fellini's black and white feature-length films, and presents a substantial re-reading of the seven films made during the most creative ... Read more
For decades scholarship on Federico Fellini has focused on the figure of the director himself, while formal analysis based on the craft of filmmaking has been largely ignored. Fellini spent countless hours in the studios of Cinecitta recording, mixing, and editing music, voices, and sound effects for his films, but his unique and often revolutionary uses of cinematic sound have never been systematically studied. This book reveals the singularly important role played by music in the construction of meaning in Fellini's black and white feature-length films, and presents a substantial re-reading of the seven films made during the most creative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473889
SKU
V9781611473889
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About M. Thomas Van Order
M. Thomas Van Order is assistant professor in Italian at Middlebury College.
Reviews for Listening to Fellini
'This is, without question, one of the most important works on Fellini in the last several decades, and unquestionably the most original. It is absolutely fundamental. It will have to be cited and used by anyone who writes about Fellini or teaches him'
Ben Lawton, Chair Film/Video Studies, Purdue Unviersity
Ben Lawton, Chair Film/Video Studies, Purdue Unviersity