Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. FOREWORD: Giuseppe De Santis: An Introduction ix
4. PREFACE xxiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxvii
6. Part I: A Biographical Profile
7. 1. De Santis's Early Years: From Fondi to Rome 3
8. 2. A Member of the Cinema Circle 7
9. 3. A Dream Comes True: From Cinema to Ossessione 15
10. Part II: The Filmmaker and His Film Stories
11. 4. De Santis behind the Camera 27
12. 5. And Then Came Silvana: Riso amaro (1949) 36
13. 6. Myth and Reality among the Shepherds of Ciociaria: Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi (1950) 52
14. 7. The Stairway of Dreams and Illusions: Roma, Ore 11 (1952) 62
15. 8. Could an Italian Male Marry an Everyman's Woman? Un marito per Anna Zaccheo (1953) 70
16. 9. Honeymoon on a Bicycle: Giorni d'amore (1954) 78
17. 10. A Fable of 'I Lupari,' a Vanished Breed: Uomini e lupi (1957) 87
18. 11. De Santis's Conception of Cinematic Realism: Cesta Duga Godinu Dana/La strada lunga un anno (1958) 96
19. 12. The End of the Bourgeois Family or Repugnance for a Transformed Society? La Garçonnière (1960) 111
20. 13. March On or Die: Haliani brava gente (1964) 119
21. 14. Impotence as a Metaphor of the 19705' Baffling Reality: Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972) 133
22. Part III: The Working Classes Declassed
23. 15. On the Margin: Some Reasons for a Long, Unbroken Silence 145
24. 16. From the Specific to the General: Some Concluding Considerations 157
25. NOTES 163
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 187
27. FILMOGRAPHY 201
28. INDEX 211