When Benito Mussolini proclaimed that "Cinema is the strongest
weapon," he was telling only half the story. In reality, very few
feature films during the Fascist period can be labeled as
propaganda. Re-viewing Fascism considers the many films that failed
as "weapons" in creating cultural consensus and instead came to
reflect the complexities and contradictions of Fascist culture. The
volume also examines the connection between cinema of the Fascist
period and neorealism ties that many scholars previously had denied
in an attempt to view Fascism as an unfortunate deviation in
Italian history. The postwar directors Luchino Visconti, Roberto
Rossellini, and Vittorio de Sica all had important roots in the
Fascist era, as did the Venice Film Festival. While government
censorship loomed over Italian filmmaking, it did not prevent frank
depictions of sexuality and representations of men and women that
challenged official gender policies. Re-viewing Fascism brings
together scholars from different cultural and disciplinary
backgrounds as it offers an engaging and innovative look into
Italian cinema, Fascist culture, and society."
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