RARO Book

THE CONFORMIST directed by Bernardo Bertolucci The Conformist (Italian: Il conformista) is a 1970 political drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay was written by Bertolucci based on the 1951 novel The Conformist by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli, and features Gastone Moschin, Enz...

Forthcoming publications:
TRANSCENDENT IMAGE: SIGNS FROM CLASSIC ITALIAN CINEMA
© 2017 all rights reserved Stefano Curti,Thomas Rose.

The Concept:

• Major Art Edition Book — large folio— image based
• SEDUCTION, MYSTERY, AND THE POWER OF THE IMAGE— over 150 images from 58 of the best of Classic Italian Cinema examined, deconstructed, decoded and— reimagined
• BEAUTY, and the illumination of meaning in a single FILM STILL as revealed through insights offered by comment from the realms of art, fashion, design, architecture, literature, philosophy, politics, sexuality religion, gender — all aspects of human experience.

The Theme:
• Meaning imbedded in a single frame—
• What can be discovered by close examination of scale, architecture, clothing etc. all those aspects we are not generally aware of—
• Examination outside the films central narrative—

The Structure:
• 150 image selected from 58 films
• Organized chronologically 30’s,40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s
• Essays an introduction and a foreword that frame the idea and define their goal
• Narrative or discursive selections accompanying the particular images as written by participating artist, designer, architect, etc.