Film is not the art of scholars, but illiterates.
Fellini is taken seriously as an auteur.
Comments on the superficiality of middle class existence.
Films that are associated with style and sophistication are seen as worthy of critical appraisal.
There is a lot more to italian cinema with Audiences, historical and social interests and economics.
A major aspect of Italian cinema is spaghetti westerns, with The good, the bad and the ugly being a famous example.
Italian films woud often be shot without sounds and then dubbed in a wide range of languages and released in many different countries.
Italian films include:
Giallo (Detective films)
Spaghetti Westerns
Mondo/Cannibal fims
Poliziottesco - police procedural
The finale of The good, the bad and the ugly is famous for its, use of sound, music, the lack of dialogue, use of eyeline/cutting and montage, differences in scale, use of the camera to tell the story, fragmentation of the body and catholic references.
Giallo is Itallian for Yellow and references the series of cheap paperback crime and mystery novels.
The protagonists are usually American or British and visiting Italy and often work in the creative arts.
The killer is notified by their use of, Black gloves, black hat and black overcoat, disguising of gender and priests are often used.
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