Author Spotlight

David Forgacs

David Forgacs is Professor of Contemporary Italian Studies at New York University. His recent publications include a history of violence in modern Italy. His other contributions for the Criterion Collection include a filmed interview on Miracle in Milan (Vittorio De Sica, 1951).

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Shoeshine: On Violence and Friendship

Vittorio De Sica’s neorealist masterpiece captures the indifference and hostility of the adult world through the eyes of two young boys who share a bond stronger than that of family.

By David Forgacs

Blow-Up: In the Details

In his first English-language feature, Michelangelo Antonioni examines the elusiveness of the real through the lens of a murder mystery.

By David Forgacs

Roma: Rome, Fellini’s City

Pseudodocumentary collides with pure fantasy in Federico Fellini’s intricately layered portrait of his adopted home.

By David Forgacs