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Italian Folk: Vernacular Culture in Italian-American Lives

varying interest and value on individual films. The selection goes from seminal films such as Luchino Visconti's La terra trema (1948) and Sergio Leone's Per un pugno di dollari (1964) to lesser known works ranging from sword-and-sandal films of the late 1950s-early 1960s to Mario Bava's gothic horrors and one-off experiments such as Kim Rossi Stuart's Anche libero va bene (2006). In each essay, a short synopsis of the film is followed by a critique that touches upon the work's main themes and issues. The list of contributors to the volume is long and varied: wellestablished names in the fields of Italian and Film Studies such as Derek Duncan, Catherine O'Rawe and Alan O'Leary alternate with younger scholars (including Alex Marlow-Mann, Natalie Fulwood and Katherine Mitchell). Critic and broadcaster Christopher Frayling contributes to the section on the Spaghetti Western. The volume is closed by a wide list of recommended readings and websites and a rather baffling test on Italian cinema that seems somewhat out of place in the book. The Directory of World Cinema: Italy is an interesting and entertaining experiment. Although at times it seems to sit uneasily between an academic and a wider general audience, the volume is a useful introduction to Italian cinema and an accessible reference book, with a number of individual essays providing clear and concise points for further and more profound reflection.