Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków

Despite Italy participating in the western alliance during the Cold War, anticommunism is quite absent from Italian movies. Any explicit criticism of the Soviet regime is a rarity in Italian cinema of the early Cold War period as well. The Soviet regime is never denounced as a totalitarian st...

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Main Author: Karol Jóźwiak
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Published: Adam Mickiewicz University Press 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/45523
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description Despite Italy participating in the western alliance during the Cold War, anticommunism is quite absent from Italian movies. Any explicit criticism of the Soviet regime is a rarity in Italian cinema of the early Cold War period as well. The Soviet regime is never denounced as a totalitarian state, and seldom approached in a critical manner. Rare examples of films containing criticism of the Soviet Union usually faced difficulties at the level of development, censorship, and distribution. Surprisingly, this issue is not tackled by Italian film studies, and particularly by those focusing on censorship. This article addresses the issue of philosovietic mode of film censorship, the reason why it is misrepresented in film criticism and film history, and also the relevance of this issue in the current geopolitical situation.
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spelling doaj-art-74cb5ffe2b5b4d9cb62895ae4de92c5c2025-08-20T03:09:28ZengAdam Mickiewicz University PressImages1731-450X2720-040X2024-12-01374610.14746/i.2024.37.46.11Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadkówKarol Jóźwiak0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1832-1593University of Łódź Despite Italy participating in the western alliance during the Cold War, anticommunism is quite absent from Italian movies. Any explicit criticism of the Soviet regime is a rarity in Italian cinema of the early Cold War period as well. The Soviet regime is never denounced as a totalitarian state, and seldom approached in a critical manner. Rare examples of films containing criticism of the Soviet Union usually faced difficulties at the level of development, censorship, and distribution. Surprisingly, this issue is not tackled by Italian film studies, and particularly by those focusing on censorship. This article addresses the issue of philosovietic mode of film censorship, the reason why it is misrepresented in film criticism and film history, and also the relevance of this issue in the current geopolitical situation. https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/45523communismphilosovietismIron CurtainCold-War film culture
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Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków
Images
communism
philosovietism
Iron Curtain
Cold-War film culture
title Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków
title_full Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków
title_fullStr Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków
title_full_unstemmed Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków
title_short Filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we Włoszech epoki zimnej wojny – kontekst i studia przypadków
title_sort filosowiecki tryb cenzury filmowej we wloszech epoki zimnej wojny kontekst i studia przypadkow
topic communism
philosovietism
Iron Curtain
Cold-War film culture
url https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/45523
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