Author: Domenico Monetti, Luca Pallanch

Year: 2024

Pages: 557

Publisher: Minimum Fax; Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

ISBN: 9788833895376

Series: Storia orale del cinema italiano

Description

Following Per i soldi e per la gloria, the chronicle of Italian cinema through the voices of the most important producers continues with this work. While the first volume focused mainly on the great “dynasties” and the exploits associated with an unrepeatable era, including art-house cinema, comedies and productions meant for the international market, in Champagne e cambiali Monetti and Pallanch turn their research to the people who experienced firsthand the transition from theatrical cinema to home video and television distribution. Interspersed with engaging stories and often hilarious anecdotes, we get to discover a collective portrait of an extraordinary group of dreamers and adventurers who attempted – with mixed results but equally admirable courage – to turn the crisis of an industry and of a pattern of cultural production into a new opportunity. Eventually, they would reach Hollywood, establish a relationship with major American studios, and fulfill the dream of a European cinema, one that could appeal to different audiences, and to different countries and cultures.