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disintegration of ideologies such as Communism in the 1980s. Therefore it might be
suggested that Bertolucci's way of depicting Italy's political situation through the filter of the
personal (an approach deployed, significantly, to great acclaim by Marco Bellocchio decades
later in Buongiorno, notte / Good Morning Night, 2004) should not lead to a misinterpretation
of this artistic approach as somehow overshadowing or rendering superficial the interest that
Bertolucci had for the issue, since it undoubtedly lies at the centre of the film.
Notes
References
1. The Italian magazine L 'Espresso accompanied the publication of the poem // PCI ai giovani with a
forum between Vittorio Foa (leader of the Communist trade union), Claudio Petruccioli (secretary of
the Communist youth), and two delegates representing the rebellious students.
2. In the introduction to Books for Burning, Timothy Murphy describes the criminalization process of
both the movement and Negri.
3. The shift from the personal to the general level of fathers and sons is achieved through Primo using
the plural form for his utterances: 'They are no longer able to manage a laugh, and above all they do
not talk any more. From their gaze it is impossible to understand whether they are asking for help or if
they are ready to kill you'
4. Around the time of the film, Tognazzi was the acclaimed protagonist of the following films: La
terrazza (1980) by the Communist director Ettore Scola (United Artists - France/Italy); Break-up
(1979) by the leftist director Marco Ferreri (Carlo Ponti - France/Italy); L'ingorgo: una storia
impossibile (1979) by Luigi Comencini, well known for his criticism of contemporary Italian
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