New French book release “Sergio Sollima le cinema au couteau”

 

Sergio Sollima le cinema au couteau

Author: Vincent Jourdan

 

Country: France

Publisher: Éditions Rififi

Language: French

Pages: 256

ISBN: 9-782958-046828

Available May 9, 2025

 

Sergio Sollima, le cinéma au couteau invites you to travel through half a century of Italian cinema history, through the destiny and career of an atypical filmmaker. Despite a relatively modest filmography, Sergio Sollima was able to mark his era by creating mythical characters, such as the agent 3S3, Cuccillo and Sandokan, and by directing seminal films in the genres he explored. From westerns to thrillers, from adventure films to espionage, Sergio Sollima has also infused his films with his political and humanist commitment, born of the dark years of fascism. Colorado, The Last Face to Face, Revolver, despite his significant contribution to Italian cinema, this director had never before been the subject of a reference work. Thanks to the research and film analysis carried out by Vincent Jourdan, author and passionate cinephile, it is now possible to have an exhaustive vision of the life and work of this anthology filmmaker.

 

Author and lecturer, Vincent Jourdan published in 2018 the first book dedicated to the Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci, Voyage dans le cinéma de Sergio Corbucci (Lettmotif editions). He continued by participating collectively in several works including those in the Zoom Arrière collection (Brian De Palma, Nagisa Oshima, Nanni Moretti, Jim Jarmush and Le cinéma muet français). Online, he created the cinephile blog Inisfree in 2004 and collaborates on the Fiches du Cinéma website as well as the online magazines Le Ventre et l’Oreille and Foco. In charge of the Cannes University cinema workshop, a mediator in schools, he leads debates and presents films for numerous organizations, media libraries, associations and notably for the Cinémathèque de Nice. President of the Regard Indépendant association, he has introduced and practiced the Super 8 format. Since 1999, through the Rencontres Cinéma et Vidéo in Nice, he has shared his passion for cinema that takes a step aside.