The Non-Professional Actor in the Reception of Italian Cinema Abroad
This article will examine the overlooked centrality of the non-professional actor in the circulation of Italian films outside the country. It analyses the importance of the legitimating label of neorealism in critical and festival discourse, and its relation to a weak Italian national star system, a...
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University of Bologna
2020-12-01
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| description | This article will examine the overlooked centrality of the non-professional actor in the circulation of Italian films outside the country. It analyses the importance of the legitimating label of neorealism in critical and festival discourse, and its relation to a weak Italian national star system, and to the Italian state system of film funding. It also places attention on the cultural representation of the non-professional who becomes a kind of “star attraction” on the festival circuit, an object of curiosity and a marker of authenticity for a cinephile audience, due to their “out-of-placeness” in the paracinematic activities of festival promotion. It argues that the non-professional actor is part of the branding of Italian cinema internationally, along with the figure of the auteur. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17e790bd4bc54c9896425f96e70c64312022-12-21T22:01:24ZengUniversity of BolognaCinergie2280-94812020-12-0118738310.6092/issn.2280-9481/109259310The Non-Professional Actor in the Reception of Italian Cinema AbroadCatherine O'Rawe0University of BristolThis article will examine the overlooked centrality of the non-professional actor in the circulation of Italian films outside the country. It analyses the importance of the legitimating label of neorealism in critical and festival discourse, and its relation to a weak Italian national star system, and to the Italian state system of film funding. It also places attention on the cultural representation of the non-professional who becomes a kind of “star attraction” on the festival circuit, an object of curiosity and a marker of authenticity for a cinephile audience, due to their “out-of-placeness” in the paracinematic activities of festival promotion. It argues that the non-professional actor is part of the branding of Italian cinema internationally, along with the figure of the auteur.https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/10925non-professional actorneorealismfilm festivals“anti-stardom”authenticity. |
| spellingShingle | Catherine O'Rawe The Non-Professional Actor in the Reception of Italian Cinema Abroad Cinergie non-professional actor neorealism film festivals “anti-stardom” authenticity. |
| title | The Non-Professional Actor in the Reception of Italian Cinema Abroad |
| title_full | The Non-Professional Actor in the Reception of Italian Cinema Abroad |
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| title_short | The Non-Professional Actor in the Reception of Italian Cinema Abroad |
| title_sort | non professional actor in the reception of italian cinema abroad |
| topic | non-professional actor neorealism film festivals “anti-stardom” authenticity. |
| url | https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/10925 |
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