I would like to draw your attention to the publication of The New Neapolitan Cinema - the first book in English to look at the proliferation of filmmaking in Naples, Italy over the past two decades.

 

The book examines some fifty films by filmmakers such as Paolo Sorrentino (Le conseguenze dell’amore/ The Consequences of Love), Mario Martone (L’amore molesto) and Antonio Capuano (Pianese Nunzio/ Sacred Silence) and considers how this movement paved the way to the international success of Gomorra.

 

In addition, it provides a theoretical discussion of the concept of regional cinema and a detailed, empirical study of production, distribution and exhibition that will be of interest to film scholars working on European cinema and national cinemas around the world.

 

The book is the product of many years of research on the part of its author, Alex Marlow-Mann, and is available in hardback from Edinburgh University Press. For more details, visit: http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748640669

 

‘This superbly researched volume provides a wealth of information on the recent renaissance of filmmaking in Naples, considered in its broader cultural context. Not only does the author build a persuasive analysis of this body of films, but he also offers crucial insights into the conditions of their production.’ (Áine O'Healy, Loyola Marymount University)

 

 

Karen Drysdale

Department of Film Studies

University of St Andrews

99 North Street

St Andrews

Fife

KY16 9AD

 

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