Marco Bellocchio : The Cinematic I in the Political Sphere

Auteur and autobiography. Constructing an auteur ; Bobbio and My mother's smile : autobiography in Bellocchio's cinema -- Bellocchio's political cinema in the sixties and seventies. The problems of Impegno in the era of postmodernism ; The nature of Bellocchio's Impegno ; The militant documentaries, Nel nome del padre, and Marcia trionfale : contestation, Impegno, and collectivity -- The dreaming "I" : inferiority and Massimo Fagioli's model of the unconscious. Massimo Fagioli and group therapy ; Massimo Fagioli's model of the unconscious ; Screening the "I" : styles of inferiority ; Conclusion -- Bellocchio's political cinema from the eighties to the present. Italian terrorism : Buongiorno, notte ; Vincere : the stripped self ; Conclusion -- The rebel "I" : patriarchy and parents. The woman as rebel : politics and patriarchy ; Rebellion in the name of the father and the family : I pugni in tasca, Il Principe di Homburg, and L'orda di religione ; Conclusion -- Tradition and its discontents. Adaptations and citations : Pirandello, Manzoni, and the overturning of the father-text ; Conclusion : private cinema in a public sphere. Annotation Marco Bellocchio Is One Of Italy's Most Important And Prolific Directors, With A Career Spanning Five Decades. In This Book, Clodagh J. Brook Explores The Boundaries Between The Public And The Private, The Political And The Personal, And The Collective And The Individual As They Appear In Bellocchio's Films. Including Work On Psychoanalysis, Politics, Film Production, Autobiography, And The Relationship Between Film Tradition And Contemporary Culture, Marco Bellocchio Touches On Fundamental Issues In Film Analysis. Brook's Study Interrogates What It Means To Make Personal Or Anti-institutional Art In A Medium Dominated By A Late-capitalist Industrial Model Of Production. Her Readings Of Bellocchio's Often Enigmatic And Perplexing Work Suggest New Ways To Answer Questions About Subjectivity, Objectivity, And Political Commentary In Modes Of Filmmaking. Relating The Art Of A Private Director To A Public Medium, Clodagh J. Brook's Work Is An Important Contribution To Our Understanding Of Film. Clodagh J. Brook. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [205]-216) And Index. Filmography: P. [203]-204.