Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Notes on Contributors x
5. Acknowledgements xii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Filmmaker and the Milanese Independent Cinema of the 1980s and 1990s 41
8. 2 Light and Liminal: Marinella Pirelli’s Cinema 68
9. 3 From Vertov to Cine-Journals: Cesare Zavattini’s Experimental Journey 84
10. 4 Gianfranco Brebbia: The ‘Absurd’, Expanded Quality of Experimental Cinema (1962–73) 103
11. 5 Italian Family Films: The Case of the Archivio Nazionale di Bologna 131
12. 6 Independence as Opposition? Redefining Political Cinema Through the Case of Mirko Locatelli 141
13. 7 Travelling the World: The Essay Films of Massimo Bacigalupo (1968–77) 158
14. 8 Tales of Courage: Trade Stories of Italian Independent Cinema 180
15. 9 Niccolò Bruna’s Ethical Process as Social Engagement: Upholding Human Stories against a Backdrop of Globalisation 202
16. 10 The Paradox of ‘Independence’ in Cyberspace: The Case of Italian Experimental and Independent Cinema 216
17. Index 264