Sounds and Songs of Italian Cinema



Learning how to "listen" to the movies provides the cinemagoer with new

narratives and added cultural values to an already complex maze of

cultural contexts one finds in Italian Cinema. Therefore, this course

will guide the student through the entire spectrum of Italian cinema

spanning the masterpieces of the silent film era and the ever-popular

soundtracks composed by Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone.



Required Texts: Gian Piero Brunetta. Cent'anni di cinema italiano (Roma-Bari. Editori Laterza, 1995), Sergio Miceli. Musica e cinema nella cultura del Novecento (Roma: Bulzoni, 2010).