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OCTOBER 128: ART/ THEORY/ CRITICISM/ POLITICS - SPRING 2009: POSTWAR ITALIAN CINEMA: NEW STUDIES
(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, David Joselit, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Adam Lehner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Near Fine.. 130pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this special Annette Michelson-edited thematic issue devoted to Postwar Italian Cinema include: Introduction - Annette Michelson, Winners and Losers in Italy at the End of the Second World War - Roberto Vivarelli, The Cinecitta Refugee Camp (1944-1950) - Noa Steimatsky, A Regional Charm: Italian Comedy versus Hollywood - Daniela Treveri Gennari, The Problem of Public Sensibility: A Review of the Film, The Open City - James T. Farrell, A Note on The Open City: Some Comments on Farrell's Review - Meyer Schapiro, Film Reviews - Michelangelo Antonioni, On Color - Michelangelo Antonioni, and Recessional Aesthetics?. A handsome example. 0-262-75278-6 Inventory Number: 018424