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Ecocriticism and film studies unite in this examination of five Italian films and the environmental questions they raise.

Entangled in the hybrid fields of ecomedia studies and material ecocriticism, Elena Past examines five Italian films shot on location and ponders the complex relationships that the production crews developed with the filming locations and the nonhuman cast members. She uses these filmsRed Desert (1964), The Winds Blows Round (2005), Gomorrah (2008), Le quattro volte (2010), and Return to the Aeolian Islands (2010)as case studies to explore pressing environmental questions such as cinemas dependence on hydrocarbons, the toxic waste crisis in the region of Campania, and our reliance on the nonhuman world. Dynamic and unexpected actors emerge as the subjects of each chapter: playful goats, erupting volcanoes, airborne dust particles, fluid petroleum, and even the sound of silence. Based on interviews with crew members and close readings of the films themselves, Italian Ecocinema Beyond the Human theorizes how filmmaking practicefrom sound recording to location scouting to managing a productionhelps uncover cinemas ecological footprint and its potential to open new perspectives on the nonhuman world.

Past uniquely and innovatively combines film studies and material ecocriticism with a focus on Italy. Such weaving of tales brings the films to life and reads them as ecological documents and Italian stories. Heather I. Sullivan, author of The Intercontextuality of Self and Nature in Ludwig Tiecks Early Works

A timely and incisive study that interrogates a new, though growing, trend in film criticism and makes an important and rich contribution to Italian film studies, Italian cultural studies, and ecocriticism. Bernadette Luciano, author (with Susanna Scarparo) of Reframing Italy: New Trends in Italian Womens Filmmaking

Part memoir, part close analysis of the films themselves, and illustrated with numerous excellent frame grabs, Pasts book casts a dreamlike spell as it contemplates the past, present, and future of the cinema and moves smoothly between environmental issues and aesthetic and practical concerns. Choice

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Ecocriticism and film studies unite in this examination of five Italian films and the environmental questions they raise.

[Past] uniquely and innovatively combines film studies and material ecocriticism with a focus on Italy. Such weaving of tales brings the films to life and reads them as ecological documents and Italian stories. Heather I. Sullivan, author of The Intercontextuality of Self and Nature in Ludwig Tiecks Early Works

...(*_*)9780253039491_

Ecocriticism and film studies unite in this examination of five Italian films and the environmental questions they raise.
Entangled in the hybrid fields of ecomedia studies and material ecocriticism, Elena Past examines five Italian films shot on location and ponders the complex relationships that the production crews developed with the filming locations and the nonhuman cast members. She uses these films Red Desert (1964), The Winds Blows Round (2005), Gomorrah (2008), Le quattro volte (2010), and Return to the Aeolian Islands (2010)as case studies to explore pressing environmental questions such as cinemas dependence on hydrocarbons, the toxic waste crisis in the region of Campania, and our reliance on the nonhuman world. Dynamic and unexpected actors emerge as the subjects of each chapter: playful goats, erupting volcanoes, airborne dust particles, fluid petroleum, and even the sound of silence. Based on interviews with crew members and close readings of the films themselves, Italian Ecocinema Beyond the Human theorizes how filmmaking practicefrom sound recording to location scouting to managing a productionhelps uncover cinemas ecological footprint and its potential to open new perspectives on the nonhuman world.
"[Past] uniquely and innovatively combines film studies and material ecocriticism with a focus on Italy. Such weaving of tales brings the films to life and reads them as ecological documents and Italian stories." Heather I. Sullivan, author of The Intercontextuality of Self and Nature in Ludwig Tiecks Early Works
"A timely and incisive study that interrogates a new, though growing, trend in film criticism and makes an important and rich contribution to Italian film studies, Italian cultural studies, and ecocriticism." Bernadette Luciano, author (with Susanna Scarparo) of Reframing Italy: New Trends in Italian Womens Filmmaking
"Part memoir, part close analysis of the films themselves, and illustrated with numerous excellent frame grabs, Pasts book casts a dreamlike spell as it contemplates the past, present, and future of the cinema and moves smoothly between environmental issues and aesthetic and practical concerns." Choice

...(*_*)9780253039491_

Ecocriticism and film studies unite in this examination of five Italian films and the environmental questions they raise.
nEntangled in the hybrid fields of ecomedia studies and material ecocriticism, Elena Past examines five Italian films shot on location and ponders the complex relationships that the production crews developed with the filming locations and the nonhuman cast members. She uses these films— Red Desert (1964), The Winds Blows Round (2005), Gomorrah (2008), Le quattro volte (2010), and Return to the Aeolian Islands (2010)—as case studies to explore pressing environmental questions such as cinema's dependence on hydrocarbons, the toxic waste crisis in the region of Campania, and our reliance on the nonhuman world. Dynamic and unexpected actors emerge as the subjects of each chapter: playful goats, erupting volcanoes, airborne dust particles, fluid petroleum, and even the sound of silence. Based on interviews with crew members and close readings of the films themselves, Italian Ecocinema Beyond the Human theorizes how filmmaking practice—from sound recording to location scouting to managing a production—helps uncover cinema's ecological footprint and its potential to open new perspectives on the nonhuman world.
n"[Past] uniquely and innovatively combines film studies and material ecocriticism with a focus on Italy. Such weaving of tales brings the films to life and reads them as ecological documents and Italian stories." —Heather I. Sullivan, author of The Intercontextuality of Self and Nature in Ludwig Tieck's Early Works
n"A timely and incisive study that interrogates a new, though growing, trend in film criticism and makes an important and rich contribution to Italian film studies, Italian cultural studies, and ecocriticism." —Bernadette Luciano, author (with Susanna Scarparo) of Reframing Italy: New Trends in Italian Women's Filmmaking
n"Part memoir, part close analysis of the films themselves, and illustrated with numerous excellent frame grabs, Past's book casts a dreamlike spell as it contemplates the past, present, and future of the cinema and moves smoothly between environmental issues and aesthetic and practical concerns." — Choice

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