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Espejo de Monografías de Comunicación Social

This chapter investigates screen representations of migrants in Italian productions over the last... more This chapter investigates screen representations of migrants in Italian productions over the last two decades through a methodological blend of textual analysis and statistical analysis of select hard data.A representative sample of feature films (Saimir, Good morning Aman, La desconocida, Cover Boy, Mar Nero, Francesca, Terraferma, Fuego en el mar) reveals a balance between narratives of clash and encounter between cultures while highlighting the frequency of the victim paradigm almost always through a vision ab intra that, in most cases, carries a symbolic function of condemnation of a social issue (be it racism or injustice) and of promoting integration in the form of compassionate realism.However, a detailed analysis of audience numbers and box office records (both in Italy and in other European markets such as Spain) also reveals the low impact and public outreach of these films. The real paradigm shift in the past two decades has been from film to serial television, which has ...

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Questo saggio propone una riflessione sulla struttura mitica al fine di valutarne l'effettiva... more Questo saggio propone una riflessione sulla struttura mitica al fine di valutarne l'effettiva validità nelle pratiche dello storytelling hollywoodiano contemporaneo. Prendendo le mosse dal paradigma del Viaggio dell'eroe, che Chris Vogler applica al cinema mutuandolo e adattandolo dal modello "monomitico" (Separazione/Iniziazione/Ritorno) avanzato da Joseph Campbell, si evidenziano elementi formali e regole che costituirebbero una sorta di linguaggio universale della narrazione. Una debita contestualizzazione della genealogia degli studi compiuti in questo ambito consente innanzitutto di comprendere meglio le ragioni della popolarità del modello preso in esame, soprattutto in virtù del portato filosofico, culturale e sociologico ad esso sotteso. Alcuni esempi pratici consentono quindi di notare come l'utilizzo di un paradigma narrativo (universale o meno) risulti proficuo o mostri i propri limiti nella misura in cui esso si presta in modo flessibile alla formul...

Hailed as the Italian brutal response to the likes of Sicario (2015) and HBO’s True Detective (20... more Hailed as the Italian brutal response to the likes of Sicario (2015) and HBO’s True Detective (2014), Suburra—both the 2015 feature and the 2017 Netflix 10-part series—pries open the proverbial can of worms on the biggest national scandal in decades, renamed “Mafia Capital” and involving an intricate web of connections between politics, criminality and the Vatican. This chapter analyses and compares select reports from the still-ongoing inquiry and related trials that inspired the original 2013 novel (written by reporter Carlo Bonini and magistrate-turned-crime writer Giancarlo De Cataldo) to the approach of both screen adaptations. All push mythical archetypes and popular genre over-codification to extreme levels as if, as one reviewer put it, “genre was the only way to get to the facts.”

Fotocinema. Revista científica de cine y fotografía

Este número monográfico de Fotocinema pretende ahondar en cómo las artes y los medios audiovisual... more Este número monográfico de Fotocinema pretende ahondar en cómo las artes y los medios audiovisuales reflejan la idea de Europa como “casa común”, la crisis profunda que hoy atraviesa, y los principales retos y problemas a los que se enfrenta para hacer posible de nuevo su regeneración y supervivencia

Journal of Screenwriting

This document is the post print version of the journal article. Some differences between the publ... more This document is the post print version of the journal article. Some differences between the published version and this version may remain and you are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it.

New Review of Film and Television Studies, 2016

Journal of Screenwriting, 2014

Fotocinema. Revista científica de cine y fotografía

This monographic issue of Fotocinema aims to delve into how the arts and audiovisual media reflec... more This monographic issue of Fotocinema aims to delve into how the arts and audiovisual media reflect on the idea of Europe as a “Common Home”, on the deep crisis that it is experiencing today, and on the main challenges and problems it currently faces if it is to make its own regeneration and survival possible once again.

Women Screenwriters, 2015

Quaderni Del Csci Rivista Annuale Di Cinema Italiano, 2012

True Event Adaptation, 2018