Brendan Hennessey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1177320 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Hennessey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hennessey |
| SIGNATURE | HENNESSEY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4968-1690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Standards and Peculiarities
This article examines the Christopher G. Wagstaff Film Collection, a film and television resource recently opened for consultation at the University of Notre Dame, then considers some of its potential uses for the Italian Digital Humanities. It begins with highlights of the collection’s holdings that are of particular interest to scholars of Italian cinema, assessing some of the rare assets and outlining areas of strength such as the films of Fas…
Reel simulations
Criticism on two recent films by director Paolo Sorrentino (La grande bellezza, 2013; Youth, 2015) has tended to identify them with a formalistic retreat from the afflicted state of the Italian nation. Instead of analysing these films according to their relation to historical reality, this article examines Sorrentino’s use of special effects and how form, reflexivity, and motion achieve new levels of cinematic expressivity in the digital format. …
Realisms and idealisms in Italian culture, 1300–2017
This special issue of the Italianist collects ten essays that consider the multiple manifestations of realism and idealism in Italy from the Trecento to the present day. Notions of the ‘real Italy’ (and of ‘Italian realism’) remain fundamental for scholars working in various disciplines, while the exploration of the ideal Italies constructed throughout history continues to inspire innovative work on virtually every period of Italian culture. Rath…
Patterns of Pugilism
Visconti's family melodrama reflects boxing's ascendency in Italian popular culture in the 1940s and 1950s, fuelled by the favourable results of Italian boxers in the ring and numerous Hollywood and Italian boxing films in theatres. An examination of this cinematic intertext in the preparation, production, and presentation of the film reveals a disruption to any ontological link between the film and the migrant crisis, introducing generic codes n…
Michael Syrimis, The Great Black Spider on its Knock-kneed Tripod
Theatrical Space in Luchino Visconti's Le notti bianche (1957)
Luchino Visconti's fame as a filmmaker tends to eclipse his prolific activity on the stage where over the course of three decades, he established himself as a major figure in postwar Italian theater. In his 1957 film, Le notti bianche , the influence of this work in the theater is undeniable. By mixing the theatrical tradition of the chamber play with the Kammerspielfilme of German silent film, Visconti created a unique marriage between theater a…
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Theatrical Space in Luchino Visconti's Le notti bianche (1957)
Luchino Visconti's fame as a filmmaker tends to eclipse his prolific activity on the stage where over the course of three decades, he established himself as a major figure in postwar Italian theater. In his 1957 film, Le notti bianche , the influence of this work in the theater is undeniable. By mixing the theatrical tradition of the chamber play with the Kammerspielfilme of German silent film, Visconti created a unique marriage between theater a…
Michael Syrimis, The Great Black Spider on its Knock-kneed Tripod
Patterns of Pugilism
Visconti's family melodrama reflects boxing's ascendency in Italian popular culture in the 1940s and 1950s, fuelled by the favourable results of Italian boxers in the ring and numerous Hollywood and Italian boxing films in theatres. An examination of this cinematic intertext in the preparation, production, and presentation of the film reveals a disruption to any ontological link between the film and the migrant crisis, introducing generic codes n…
Reel simulations
Criticism on two recent films by director Paolo Sorrentino (La grande bellezza, 2013; Youth, 2015) has tended to identify them with a formalistic retreat from the afflicted state of the Italian nation. Instead of analysing these films according to their relation to historical reality, this article examines Sorrentino’s use of special effects and how form, reflexivity, and motion achieve new levels of cinematic expressivity in the digital format. …
Realisms and idealisms in Italian culture, 1300–2017
This special issue of the Italianist collects ten essays that consider the multiple manifestations of realism and idealism in Italy from the Trecento to the present day. Notions of the ‘real Italy’ (and of ‘Italian realism’) remain fundamental for scholars working in various disciplines, while the exploration of the ideal Italies constructed throughout history continues to inspire innovative work on virtually every period of Italian culture. Rath…
Standards and Peculiarities
This article examines the Christopher G. Wagstaff Film Collection, a film and television resource recently opened for consultation at the University of Notre Dame, then considers some of its potential uses for the Italian Digital Humanities. It begins with highlights of the collection’s holdings that are of particular interest to scholars of Italian cinema, assessing some of the rare assets and outlining areas of strength such as the films of Fas…
Art (6 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (5 works) · Movie theater (5 works) · Art history (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (3 works) · Criticism (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Italian Literature and Culture (2 works)