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[Vizzini]

The Retrospective for the 67th edition of the Festival del film Locarno (6–16 August 2014) will be dedicated to the Italian production studio Titanus.
Numerous European and American institutions will repeat the program: the Cineteca di Bologna, the Cineteca Nazionale (National Film Archive) in Rome, the National Cinema Museum in Turin, the Cinémathèque suisse, the Cinémas du Grütli in Geneva, the Filmpodium in Zurich, the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York, the American Cinematheque and the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles.

The retrospective will be accompanied by an English-friendly book.

http://www.pardolive.ch/it/Pardo-Live/today-at-the-festival/2014/retrospettiva-titanus?sl=en

[Inspector Tanzi]

Is there any way to get hold of the book for those who can't get to any of them do you you, Vizzini?

[Vizzini]

I think the book will be available on Amazon.it.

[Inspector Tanzi]

I think the book will be available on Amazon.it.

Cheers, I was thinking it was just something you could maybe only get at the event, I'll keep my eyes open for it. 

[Vizzini]

Bernard Eisenschitz, Miguel Marias and Olaf Moller's essays already in the can. 

[Vizzini]

Pre-order on Amazon
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/8898623135/

[Vizzini]

http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/8898623135/

The book covers Italian cinema evolution from 1904 to 2014, ranging from early silent cinema to post-modern television, featuring original essays, interviews and production papers. Despite being focused on Italian most important major company, we have chosen an auterist perspective, investigating how directors' and producers' contributions melt together during the golden age of Italian cinema.

Some highlights from the book:

> Neapolitan silents
> Matarazzo's melodramas
> Mastro5's revue films and musical extravaganzas
> Risi and Comencini's early comedies
> Tourneur and Corbucci's peplums
> Ava Gardner's Italian films
> nouvelle vague Italian style (Olmi, Zurlini, Petri)
> confessions of Visconti's editor
> Aldrich's Sodom and Gomorrah backstory
> De Santis on The Wolves director's cut
> memo from producer Goffredo Lombardo
> unfilmed projects
> 150+ photos
> essays by Roberto Turigliatto, Simone Starace, Bernard Eisenschitz, Sergio Toffetti, Sergio M. Germani, Miguel Marías, Chris Fujiwara, Olaf Möller, Jean Douchet, Stefania Parigi.

[Vizzini]

Carlo Chatrian talks about our book on MUBI 
http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/locarno-2014-the-world-of-titanus

[Inspector Tanzi]

I got an email from amazon.it earlier, something about september.

[Vizzini]

Amazon.it suffered from a litte delay, but as promised the book is available long before September
http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/8898623135/

[Inspector Tanzi]

I got an email the other day saying it's been despatched.

[Inspector Tanzi]

Arrived yesterday 

[Vizzini]

Glad to hear and hope you will enjoy it 

[Inspector Tanzi]

Glad to hear and hope you will enjoy it 

Cheers Vizzini 

[Vizzini]

Film Comment: "The Titanus retrospective was a gold mine for cinephiles, full of films each deserving an in-depth look (and, in certain cases, rediscovery)". 
http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/festivals-locarnos-titanus-retrospective