Darkening the Italian Screen

Eugenio Ercolani is a film scholar and documentarian. For the past decade he has alternated these activities with those of assistant director and screenwriter. He is responsible for dozens of extras and featurettes, for both American and European labels. He lives in Rome.

• Table of ContentsPreface1953 deleteA Touch of Class: The Cinema of Giorgio Capitani1958 deleteArmed to the Teeth: The Cinema of Umberto LenziGiovanni Lombardo Radice, a.k.a. John Morghen, on Cannibal Ferox1959 deleteMelancholy and Revolution: The Cinema of Giulio Petroni1961 deleteJazzing from the Background: The Cinema of Alberto De Martino1961 deleteThe Bitter and the Sweet: The Cinema of Romolo Guerrieri1962 deleteLovable Slobs: The Cinema of Mario Caiano (Interview by Manlio Gomarasca)1967 deleteCall Me François: The Cinema of Franco Rossetti1967 deleteDestruction in Slow Motion: The Cinema of Enzo G. CastellariFrom Uruguay with Love: Interview with George Hilton 1968 deleteThe Serious Caress of Frivolousness: The Cinema of Vittorio Sindoni1968 deleteReal Cannibals: The Cinema of Ruggero DeodatoItaly’s Whipping Boy: Interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice1969 deleteOf Films and Horses: The Cinema of Marcello Avallone1969 deleteStrange Vices in Locked Rooms: The Cinema of Sergio MartinoDesigning Mayhem: Interview with Massimo Antonello GelengThe Origins of EX: Interview with Martine BrochardChapter NotesIndex

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