2. Pirandello and the Theory of the Cinema

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Why Pirandello and the Cinema? 3
5. 1. He Lost It at the Movies: A Love-Hate Relationship of Over Thirty Years 13
6. 2. Pirandello and the Theory of the Cinema 30
7. 3. The Origins of the Myths: From Pirandello to Fellini 82
8. 4. Character and Discourse from Pirandello to Fellini: Defining a Countertradition in an Italian Context 120
9. 5. Ettore Scola: A Cinematic and Social Metadiscourse 157
10. 6. The New Italian Cinema: Restoration or Subversion? 198
11. Notes 233
12. Bibliography 269
13. Index 291