Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments List of Photographic Reproductions Introduction PART ONE. FRAGMENTS OF HISTORY: POWER, POLITICS, REPRESENTATION 1. Early Years, Early Films 2. Labyrinth as Figures: Logical Investigations and the Open Work 3. Disorder and Chaos: Framing the City, Framing the Everyday 4. Operatic Microhistory PART TWO. FABLES OF NATIONAL IDENTITY: IMAGE, MEMORY, IMAGINATION 5. Voices from the South 6. The Hazards of History 7. City of Memory: A Conclusion Notes Filmography Bibliography Index

About the Author

Gaetana Marrone is Professor of Italian at Princeton University. Her books include New Landscapes in Contemporary Italian Cinema, The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani, and Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Marrone has also produced award winning films.

Reviews

"I'm so heartened to see the publication of Marrone's book, a celebration and an investigation of the work of one of the true masters of cinema." -- Martin Scorsese
"In Gaetana Marrone's book the great Italian director, Francesco Rosi, finally gets the full-scale treatment his oeuvre deserves. Marrone's thoroughness is wonderful: she vividly presents Rosi's elaborate historical research, the composition of his scripts, the casting, the choice of sets, the cinematography, the nuances of direction, and even the music in each of his films." -- P. Adams Sitney, Princeton University
"For the first time, the cinema of Francesco Rosi DL witness, epic storyteller, social critic, historian, and anthropologist DL is revealed in all the originality of his style and richness of his themes, in the coherence of his ethical and political values, in his links to Neorealism and profound rootedness in the culture of Southern Italy. And last but not least, for Rosi's profound influence on international cinema from the 1960s on. For the author, Gaetana
Marrone, this is the work of a lifetime. For the reader, this is an indispensable work for understanding Rosi's central place in contemporary cinema." -- Gian Piero Brunetta
"This is the book on Francesco Rosi we have been waiting for, one that blends biographical detail and critical analysis of the work of one of Italy's greatest film directors. Marrone draws upon extensive interviews and conversations with Rosi, access to his personal archives, and discussions with the filmmaker's colleagues and collaborators to provide a fascinating account of Rosi's political and philosophical approach to the cinema." -- Gary Crowdus, Editor-in
Chief, Cineaste: America's Leading Magazine on the Art and Politics of the Cinema
"The films of Francesco Rosi instilled in me the desire to make movies. Marrone's book, rigorously focused on Rosi's original and uncompromising style, evokes and rekindles that old yearning." -- Giuseppe Tornatore
"Acute, insightful, and a wonderful and long overdue exploration, introduction and appreciation of one of the truly great film directors Francesco Rosi. A man with one of the great compositional eyes who told stories documenting cultural history and a witness to reality in all its complexity and duality. Working with him on his adaptation of Primo Levi's' 'La Tregua' was one of the great learning experiences of my life. It cemented our deep friendship and love
for each other." -- John Turturro