An investigative cinema: Politics and modernization in Italian, French, and American film
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-6-2018
Abstract
© 2018 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. This book traces the development of investigative cinema, whose main characteristic lies in reconstructing actual events, political crises, and conspiracies. These documentary-like films refrain from a simplistic reconstruction of historical events and are mainly concerned with what does not immediately appear on the surface of events. Consequently, they raise questions about the nature of the "truth" promoted by institutions, newspapers, and media reports. By highlighting unanswered questions, they leave us with a lack of clarity, and the questioning of documentation becomes the actual narrative. Investigative cinema is examined in relation to the historical conjunctures of the "economic miracle" in Italy, the simultaneous decolonization and reordering of culture in France, the waves of globalization and neoliberalism in post-dictatorial Latin America, and the post-Watergate, post-9/11 climate in US society. Investigative cinema is exemplified by the films Salvatore Giuliano, The Battle of Algiers, The Parallax View, Gomorrah, Zero Dark Thirty, and Citizenfour.
Recommended Citation
Cilento, Fabrizio, "An investigative cinema: Politics and modernization in Italian, French, and American film" (2018). Communication Educator Scholarship. 8.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/com_ed/8
Comments
Cilento, F. (2018). An investigative cinema: Politics and modernization in italian, french, and american film (1st ed. 2018). Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan.