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Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker

Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker

Curti, Roberto

Paperback

DirectorsFilm Studies

ISBN10: 1476669708
ISBN13: 9781476669700
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 24 2017
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.80
Language: English

In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian director Riccardo Freda (1909-1999) produced films of remarkable technical skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black Eagle (1946), an adaptation of Les Miserables (1947), the peplum Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) and a number of cult-favorite Gothic and horror films such as I Vampiri (1957), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) and The Ghost (1963). Freda was first championed in the 1960s by French critics who labeled him the European Raoul Walsh, and enjoyed growing critical esteem over the years. This book covers his life and career for the first time in English, with detailed analyses of his films and exclusive interviews with his collaborators and family.

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