Calligrafismo
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Calligrafismo (En: caligraphism) is an Italian style of filmmaking in the first half of the 1940s.
Characteristics of the style
In the 1940s the two most significant styles of the Italian movie scene were the telefoni bianchi (En: white telephones) and calligrafismo.
Calligrafismo is in a sharp contrast to telefoni bianchi-American style comedies and is rather artistic, highly formalistic, expressive in complexity and deals mainly with contemporary literary material,[1] above all the pieces of Italian realism from authors like Corrado Alvaro, Ennio Flaiano, Emilio Cecchi, Francesco Pasinetti, Vitaliano Brancati, Mario Bonfantini and Umberto Barbaro.[2]
The most important directors and scriptwriters
Directors
Scriptwriters
References
- ^ Gian Piero Brunetta, "Cinema italiano dal sonoro a Salò", in Storia del cinema mondiale, Einaudi, Torino, 2000, volume III, pp. 357-359. ISBN 88-06-14528-2
- ^ Andrea Martini, La bella forma. Poggioli, i calligrafici e dintorni, Marsilio, Venezia, 1992. ISBN 88-317-5774-1
Sources
- Roberto Campari, Il fantasma del bello. Iconologia del cinema italiano, Marsilio, Venezia, 1994. ISBN 88-317-5898-5
- ISBN 88-317-5774-1
- Lontani dalla gloria (Narrativa) (Italian Edition)
- After Neorealism: Italian Filmmakers and Their Films; Essays and Interviews