Documentary which profiles a new wave of Italian crime fiction that has emerged to challenge the conventions of the detective novel. There are no happy endings in these noir tales, only revelations about Italy's dark heart - a world of corruption, unsolved murders and the mafia.
The programme features exclusive interviews with the leading writers from this new wave of noir, including Andrea Camilleri (creator of the Inspector Montablano Mysteries) and Giancarlo De Cataldo (Romanzo Criminale), who explains how his work as a real-life investigating judge inspired his work. From the other side of the law, Massimo Carlotto talks about how his novels were shaped by his wrongful conviction for murder and years spent on the run from the police.
The film also looks at the roots of this new wave. Carlo Emilio Gadda (That Awful Mess) used the detective novel to expose the corruption that existed during Mussolini's fascist regime and then, after the Second World War, Leonardo Sciascia's crime novels (The Day of The Owl) tackled the rise of the Sicilian mafia. These writers established the rules of a new kind of noir that drew on real events and offered no neat endings.
Also featuring Italian writers Carlo Lucarelli and Barbara Baraldi, the film uses rarely seen archive from Italian television.
Production : BBC Four
Amazing!
Thank you, I really enjoy it
gwyster501 3 months ago
Favourited!!!!
hamjamnspamalot2 6 months ago
Thank you so much 'kailiki' for uploading this compelling doc on Italian crime fiction.
ZachClooney 8 months ago
Noir Nation, coming to an e-reader near you this September. On Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter.
NevandOtis 8 months ago
See "Noir Nation" here on youtube, looks interesting.
NevandOtis 8 months ago
Α και Έλληνας/ίδα επίσης! Ευχαριστώ!
NeonPegasus 9 months ago
@MilkyMalc get a life you fucking sad cunt its just a joke but maybe your just to cool to see that....fucking loser
mabsucksshit 10 months ago
@mabsucksshit, what, first wanker to bother to mention that you're the first person to comment on the video? Do you spend your life doing this? You make me laugh, you poof.
MilkyMalc 10 months ago
second
scorjamsey 10 months ago
FIRST
mabsucksshit 10 months ago