Print version: Carolan, Mary Ann McDonald. transatlantic gaze : Italian cinema, American film. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014] xvii, 172 pages SUNY series in Italian/American culture ISBN 9781438450254
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Screen idols & female admirers in The white sheik (Fellini 1952), The purple rose of Cairo (Allen, 1985) and Nurse Betty (Labute, 2000) -- The art film reconsidered: Blow-up (Antonioni, 1966) and Blow out (Depalma, 1981) -- The evolving western: from America to Italy and back in One upon a time in the West (Leone, 1968) and Kill Bill: volumes 1 & 2 (Tarantino, 2003 & 2004) -- Neorealism revisited by African American directors in the new millennium: Precious (Daniels, 2009) and Miracle at St. Anna (Lee, 2008) -- Whither the remake? -- Conclusion.