Peter Bondanella

Bondanella's book is quite a thorough look at Italian cinema from the end of World War II until "the present." Of course, when I read it and used it in classes, "the present" was some time around 1984, almost 35 years ago. That leaves out many intervening years since then. Still, even if it has not been revised and updated, the original volume stands on its own merit. Bondanella is an informative and readable writer. And those two qualities rarely go together in academic film criticism.

Fantastic books that not only contains the works of Machiavelli but has exceptional commentary on them. The thing i like most about this book is that it contains The Mandrake Root; the comedic play that no one seems to know exists. It is over looked so much, but not in this book. I highly reccomend purchasing it.

A good collection of perhaps the most important thinker of the Renaissance.