Blood in the Streets : : Histories of Violence in Italian Crime Cinema / / Austin Fisher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Fisher, Austin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations

A historical contextualisation of 1970s Italian genre films that depicted violent crime in contemporary ItalyWinner of the BAFTSS Best Monograph Award 2020!Blood in the Streets investigates the various ways in which 1970s Italian crime films were embedded in their immediate cultural and political contexts. The book analyses the emergence, proliferation and distribution of a range of popular film cycles (or filoni) – from conspiracy thrillers and vigilante films, to mafia and serial killer narratives – and examines what these reveal about their time and place.With industrial conditions geared around rapid production schedules and concentrated release patterns, the engagement in these films with both the contemporary political turmoil of 1970s Italy and the traumas of the nation’s recent past offers a range of fascinating insights into the wider anxieties of this decade concerning the Second World War and its ongoing political aftermath."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Italian Crime Films and the Years of Lead -- 2. Corruption and Conspiracy in the Poliziotteschi and the Vigilante Filone -- 3. Nostalgic Gangsters and the Mafia Filone -- 4. Serial Killing and the Giallo -- 5. Enter . . . If You Dare! The Cross-cultural Reception of Crime Filoni -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index