ITAL 163 - On the Road: Journeys in Italian Cinema

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Harvard University

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Description:

Explores cinematic and literary use of the road as an alternative to controlled environments from Fascism to the present. From early road movies like Luchino Visconti's Ossessione to migration films like Gianni Amelio's Lamerica, the course explores how roads map social change, ethnographic observations, memory and forgetting and the hopes and fears of a rapidly evolving nation.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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