Download or read book Vital Crises in Italian Cinema written by P. Adams Sitney and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining over twenty key works of the period, Vital Crises in Italian Cinema identifies and explores the major thematic crises at the heart of seminal films produced by the likes of Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Michael Antonioni, and Federico Fellini.