May 17, 2006

Books: Books for Foreign Film Buffs

Lovers of foreign films will find the following three new books of interest:

Maggie Gunsberg's Italian Cinema focuses on gender with a look at domestic melodramas, horror films and spaghetti westers and peplum. (Vairo Library PN1995.9.S47G86 2005)

Latin American Cinema is a collection of essays that look at films in light of gender, globalization, and nationalism. It talks about films from Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico (Vairo Library PN1993.5.L3L28 2005)

Little known Japanese director Gosho Heinosuke is the subject of this lengthy study by Arthur Nolletti, Jr. (Vairo Library PN1998.3.G67N66 2005)

Happy reading and viewing this summer!

Posted by slw4 at May 17, 2006 03:31 PM