| Description: | This course presents the development and changes of the Italian society in the last decades as seen through Italian cinematic vision. The films discussed during the lectures will be shown in chronological order, and cover some of the most significant periods of Italian society: Fascism, the war and post-war time, the economic boom of the early sixties, the anger and protest of the young generation. "Genre" movies will be discussed with special attention given to the "Comedy Italian Style". Information about the most important periods of Italian history, from Fascism to the present time, will be followed throughout the course. Films are in Italian with English subtitles. |