Federico Fellini’s Casanova: towards ‘total cinema’

Authors

  • Monika Surma-Gawłowska Institute of Romance Philology, Faculty of Philology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków ORCID: 0000-0001-8128-7047

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/30234

Keywords

Fellini, total cinema, synopsis, 18th century, film language, poetics

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to define the content of what Fellini called “cinema totale” (total cinema), the latest stage
of the research of the Italian cinematographer, which has been achieved – as one can presume – with the movie Il Casanova di Federico Fellini

References

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Borin F., Casanova, Palermo 2007.

Brunetta G.P., Cent’anni di cinema italiano, Roma-Bari 1991.

Fellini F., Fare un film, Einaudi, Torino 2015.

Kezich T., Federico Fellini, la vita e i film, Milano 2002.

Kornatowska M., Fellini, słowo / obraz / terytoria, Gdańsk 2003.

Millicent J. M., Filmmaking by the book: Italian cinema and literary adaptation, London 1993.

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Published

2020-03-15

How to Cite

1.
SURMA-GAWŁOWSKA, Monika. Federico Fellini’s Casanova: towards ‘total cinema’. Studi Polacco-Italiani di Toruń. Online. 15 March 2020. pp. 149-158. [Accessed 29 December 2025]. DOI 10.12775/30234.

Issue

XV (2019)

Section

Literaturoznawstwo

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