Cinema of Italy

Cinema Of Italy

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.

Read more about Cinema Of Italy:  Early Years, Avant-garde, Cinecittà, Neorealism, Pink Neorealism and Comedy, Peplum (aka Sword and Sandal), The Spaghetti Western, Auteurs, Sophia Loren's Academy Award, Thriller/Horror, Poliziotteschi, The 1980s Crisis, 1990 To Present

Famous quotes containing the words cinema and/or italy:

    “For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”
    —Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)

    “Everything in Italy that is particularly elegant and grand ... borders upon insanity and absurdity—or at least is reminiscent of childhood.”
    —Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)