4746953The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-leopard--il-gattopardo--9781839026164/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4348699/image.jpg?v=638446680181130000315331MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/Luchino Viscontis The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1963) tells the story of an aristocratic Sicilian family adjusting to the realities of political and commercial modernity after the unification Italy during the Risorgimento.The film, starring Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon, met with success upon its initial release, winning the Palme dOr at Cannes and having a successful theatrical run in Europe. Despite this, however, it did not do well with English-speaking audiences, and eventually even fell out of favour with Italian audiences, who took issue with the way Risorgimento history was represented.David Weirs study of the film seeks to understand the films paradoxical place in Italian film history. He argues that Viscontis use of artifice, narrative and history, all aspects that came to be criticised, were in fact, essential to his cinematic art, and can all be understood as strengths of the film. Providing a scene-by-scene analysis of the film, as well as illuminating its relationship to the Lampedusa novel from which it was adapted, Weir suggests that Viscontis film goes beyond mere adaptation, using the form of the novel for cinematic purposes and making The Leopard a cinematic novel in its own right.He goes on to situate the film within Viscontis career, questioning whether the uneven reception of the film reflects the paradox of Viscontis social status as a Marxist aristocrat and his position as an auteur director whose films borrowed heavily from the decadent tradition, while at the same time professing allegiance to the Italian Communist Party....4562844The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)315331https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-leopard--il-gattopardo--9781839026164/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4348699/image.jpg?v=638446680181130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249781839026164_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_Luchino Viscontis The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1963) tells the story of an aristocratic Sicilian family adjusting to the realities of political and commercial modernity after the unification Italy during the Risorgimento.The film, starring Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon, met with success upon its initial release, winning the Palme dOr at Cannes and having a successful theatrical run in Europe. Despite this, however, it did not do well with English-speaking audiences, and eventually even fell out of favour with Italian audiences, who took issue with the way Risorgimento history was represented.David Weirs study of the film seeks to understand the films paradoxical place in Italian film history. He argues that Viscontis use of artifice, narrative and history, all aspects that came to be criticised, were in fact, essential to his cinematic art, and can all be understood as strengths of the film. Providing a scene-by-scene analysis of the film, as well as illuminating its relationship to the Lampedusa novel from which it was adapted, Weir suggests that Viscontis film goes beyond mere adaptation, using the form of the novel for cinematic purposes and making The Leopard a cinematic novel in its own right.He goes on to situate the film within Viscontis career, questioning whether the uneven reception of the film reflects the paradox of Viscontis social status as a Marxist aristocrat and his position as an auteur director whose films borrowed heavily from the decadent tradition, while at the same time professing allegiance to the Italian Communist Party....9781839026164_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_9781839026164_9781839026164David WeirInglésMéxico2024-04-04T00:00:00+00:002024-04-04T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing