Olmi and Pasolini: Industrialisation, the underdog and ‘ecological eschatology’ in Manon finestra 2 (1956) and Grigio (1957) : WestminsterResearch

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Title	Olmi and Pasolini: Industrialisation, the underdog and ‘ecological eschatology’ in Manon finestra 2 (1956) and Grigio (1957)
Type	Journal article
Authors	Angeli, S.
Abstract	This article focuses on the collaboration between Ermanno Olmi and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Two key figures of the Italian cinematic tradition, Olmi and Pasolini have joined efforts on two occasions, as the Bergamasque director asked Pasolini to provide a commentary for his short films Manon finestra 2 (1956) and Grigio (1957). Two very different products, the two shorts offer a very compelling take on the process of industrialisation taking place in Italy in the 1950s. While Manon presents a slightly more positive view of the transition that Italy has undergone, Grigio is unequivocal in its condemnation, putting forward an alarming thesis: in order for this new society to exist, differences must be erased, communities are to disappear and the least advantaged will be left behind. However, this proposition also has a more optimistic counterpart; namely, the idea that these very communities remain the roots and the true point of reference of our civilisation.
Keywords	Linguistics and Language
	Literature and Literary Theory
	Cultural Studies
	Language and Linguistics
	Short Films
	Olmi
	Italian Cinema
	Pasolini
	Ecological Eschatology
	Industrialisation
Journal	Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies
Journal citation	55 (3), pp. 850-864
ISSN	0014-5858
	2168-989X
Year	2021
Publisher	Sage
Accepted author manuscript	License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files)
Publisher's version	00145858211025486.pdf License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1177/00145858211025486
Web address (URL)	https://doi.org/10.1177/00145858211025486
Published	23 Jun 2021
Published in print	01 Nov 2021
Supplemental file	License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files)

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