Despite his remarkable career, nowadays not many remember Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, the most versatile craftsman of Italian cinema of yesteryear. He was one of the pioneers of the exuberant Futurist movement and, with his brother Anton Giulio, he founded the Teatro Sperimentale degli Indipendenti and the Casa d’Arte Bragaglia. He started experimenting with cinema in 1932 with O la borsa o la vita, starring Sergio and Rosetta Tofano, which was one of the most innovative motion pictures of the early sound film era, replete with nods to the avant-garde movements. Over the course of his career, in his 60-plus films \u2013 which include all genres, from comedy and slapstick, musicarello and adventure, to melodrama and peplum \u2013 he directed an astonishing number of timeless stars, such as: Vittorio De Sica, Anna Magnani, Tot\u00f2, the De Filippo brothers, Ruggero Ruggeri, Armando Falconi, Alberto Rabagliati, Gino Bechi, Massimo Girotti, Ugo Tognazzi, Silvana Pampanini, Giovanna Ralli, Aldo Fabrizi and Domenico Modugno.<\/p>\n
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In this first comprehensive monograph, the life and works of “Carletto” Bragaglia are brought to life through the analysis of each film and a priceless collection of his comments and the fond memories of the many people who worked with him. The book ends with a reconstruction of La fossa degli angeli<\/em>, his great lost film set in the Apuan quarries, starring Amedeo Nazzari and Luisa Ferida, in the form of an exquisite photo-novel featuring sixty extremely rare photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":110793,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[169],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-110791","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-senza-categoria-en","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n