[ecrea] Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies new issue

The /Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/ Vol. 4:2, 2016
celebrates the 60^th anniversary of the David di Donatello with a themed
issue which pays homage to the award for its cultural influence on
Italian and world cinema, and endorses its international role. President
Gian Luigi Rondi opens the issue with a comprehensive overview of the
history of the David di Donatello since the 1950s. Mr. Rondi’s
introduction is followed by a varied collection of original
testimonials, reflections and conversations written by artists in the
film industry who have enthusiastically welcomed the invitation to
contribute with their own personal experiences: Giuliano Montaldo,
Nicola Piovani, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Giuesppe Tornatore, Ennio
Morricone, Emi De Sica, Carlo Verdone,Giuseppe Battiston, Aldo
Signoretti, Dino Trappetti, Luca Bigazzi, Francesca Calvelli and Paola
Cortellesi.
This issue preserves its academic character by also publishing five
critical articles:Roberta Tabanelli’s contribution ‘Authorial visions:
Saverio Costanzo’s negotiation with auteurism’; Gloria Dagnino’s
article ‘Studying Italian para-industry: The case of /Boris/’; Umberto
Famulari’s work ‘The Duce on the creen: The image of Mussolini in the
newsreels of the Istituto Luce’; Chiara Ferrari’s article ‘Cinema and
/Sassi/: Urban development and film-induced tourism in Matera and
Basilicata’; and Romana Andò, Fabio Corsini and Stefania Pizza’s
study‘Watching television today. A comparative survey of Italian and
American students’ habits in front of television’. This issue also
includes three film review essays. Paolo Russo examines and discusses
Giorgio Treves’2014 bio-documentary /Gian Luigi Rondi: Vita, Cinema,
Passione/Gian Luigi Rondi: Life, Cinema, Passion/.//Anthony Cristiano
contributes with an extensive analysis of the 2006 historical
documentary /50 Anni di David, 1956-2006 La storia per immagini/50 Years
of David, 1956-2006 The History through Images. /Johnny Bertolio engages
in an in-depth study of literary references in Paolo Sorrentino’s 2013
/La grande bellezza///The Great Beauty/. Antonio Falduto’s report on the
72^nd edition of the Venice Film Festival concludes the issue.

*Flavia Laviosa*
Senior Lecturer, Italian Studies & Cinema and Media Studies
Director, Foreign Language Faculty Seminar
Director, Rome Winter Session Program
Wellesley College

Editor, /Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/
Certified ACTFL OPI Trainer and Tester, Italian











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