Marxism in Italian Cinema

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A study of the influence of Marxist ideology on major Italian directors from the Cold War to the present. Representative films include: Bertolucci's The Last Emperor , Visconti's The Leopard , Pasolini's Teorema , Wertmuller's Seven Beauties , Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers . The approach will be interdisciplinary and will combine the analysis of historical and political themes with a cinematic reading of the films. One lecture, one two-hour preceptorial, one film screening.