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"Roberto Benigni, the Italian comedian, actor, director and writer gained overnight fame when his film ""La Vita Bella/Life is Beautiful"" won three Oscars in 1999. This study introduces Benigni's performances in film, stage and television, little known outside Italy, with an emphasis on the cultural and intellectual backdrops that characterize his films including his origins among the Tuscan rhyming poets and his experiences in the Roman Avant-garde theatre. Benigni granted the author a series of in-depth interviews and these provide insights into his life and feature accounts of his experiences and apprenticeships with cinema notables such as Cesare Zavattini and Frederico Fellini."

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This volume features...an extensive bibliography, a complete filmography and list of Benigni's theatrical work which will render it an indispensable tool for any student or scholar of Benigni in particular or of contemporary Italian cinema in general. Its general readability and engaging style will fare well with proponents of 'high' and 'low' culture alike. Quaderni D'italianistica

This volume features...an extensive bibliography, a complete filmography and list of Benigni's theatrical work which will render it an indispensable tool for any student or scholar of Benigni in particular or of contemporary Italian cinema in general. Its general readability and engaging style will fare well with proponents of 'high' and 'low' culture alike. * Quaderni d'italianistica * This volume features...an extensive bibliography, a complete filmography and list of Benigni's theatrical work which will render it an indispensable tool for any student or scholar of Benigni in particular or of contemporary Italian cinema in general. Its general readability and engaging style will fare well with proponents of 'high' and 'low' culture alike. Quaderni D'italianistica

This volume features...an extensive bibliography, a complete filmography and list of Benigni's theatrical work which will render it an indispensable tool for any student or scholar of Benigni in particular or of contemporary Italian cinema in general. Its general readability and engaging style will fare well with proponents of 'high' and 'low' culture alike. * Quaderni d'italianistica *

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Carlo Celli is Assistant Professor of Italian and Film Studies at Bowling Green State University. He has published articles in Cinema Journal, Italica, Journal of Popular Film and Television, and Critical Inquiry, among others.

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