Retrospettiva

Among the most interesting appointment of XVI edition of Ravenna Nightmare there is certainly the retrospective Lezioni di Cinema - The evolution of the genre from classical to postmodern, curated by the essayist and film critic Mariangela Sansone.

The Neo Noir is a sub-genre of noir. It uses most of the elements of noir filmography but with the addition of topics, content, styles and visual elements which were not present or were not used in the Forties and Fifties’ noir movies. Today, this term is used to describe those movies, realized after the Fifties and Sixties, that belong to this kind of genre or share their themes.

The exhibition presents three of the most significant titles of the sub-genre of noir modern setting, including the unforgettable masterpiece of 1974 Chinatown, by Roman Polanski, L’Amico Americano (1977) by Win Wenders and Brivido Caldo (Body Heat, 1981) di Lawrence Kasdan.

	BRIVIDO CALDO  -  BODY HEAT Lawrence Kasdan 1981  USA  113' Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Mickey Rourke
	CHINATOWN Roman Polanski 1974  USA  130' Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Roman Polanski
	L'AMICO AMERICANO  -  DER AMERIKANISCHE FREUND - THE AMERICAN FRIEND Wim Wenders 1977  Germania Ovest Francia  123' Cast: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Nicholas Ray, Sam Fuller, Peter Lilienthal, Jean Eustache
	LEZIONI DI NERO di Mariangela Sansone
	Mariangela Sansone Saggista, critico cinematografico