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on the location, and the philosopher emerges only in the post-mortem interview' (Ebert,<br />

1985: ix). I would not go as far as saying that sometimes Bertolucci 'speaks arrant nonsense'<br />

(Kolker, 1985: 7), but I will highlight what I believe are discrepancies between Bertolucci's<br />

verbal declarations and cinematic articulations.<br />

Notes<br />

1. The jester Rigoletto mocks the courtiers cuckolded by the Duke, who takes advantage <strong>of</strong> their wives<br />

and daughters. So when Rigoletto mocks Count Monterone's appeal to the Duke for the return <strong>of</strong> his<br />

dishonoured daughter, Rigoletto is cursed by Monterone to suffer the same fatherly pain. And<br />

circumstances bring Rigoletto's daughter - Gilda - to become the Duke's lover. The jester's plan to<br />

murder the Duke is overheard by Gilda who resolves to die in the place <strong>of</strong> the man she loves. So when<br />

Rigoletto is delivered a sack supposedly containing the dead Duke and is about to dispose <strong>of</strong> it, he<br />

hears a female voice. Desperately he opens it to find his dying daughter, and he recalls Monterone's<br />

curse. Rigoletto, G. Verdi (1850).<br />

2. The Divine Comedy, (1308-1321). The last verse <strong>of</strong> Inferno reads: 'Thence we came forth to rebehold<br />

the stars'. Available at www.readprint.com/chapter 189/Inferno-Dante-Alighieri [Accessed on<br />

15/06/10].<br />

References<br />

Alighieri D., (1308-1321) Divine Comedy, [Online] available:<br />

www.readprint.com/chapter 189/Inferno-Dante-Alighieri<br />

Bondanella, P. (1997) Italian Cinema From Neorealism to the Present. (New Ed.) New York:<br />

The Continuum Publishing Company<br />

Casetti, F. (1978) Bemardo Bertolucci, Florence: "La Nuova Italia" Editrice<br />

Ebert, R. (1985) 'Foreword', in Georgakas, D. and Rubenstein, L. (ed.) (1985) Art Politics<br />

Cinema: Tlie Cineaste Interviews, London and Sydney: Pluto Press<br />

Georgakas, D., and Rubenstein, L. (ed.) (1985) Art Politics Cinema: The Cineaste Interviews,<br />

London and Sydney: Pluto Press<br />

Kline, TJ. (1987) Bertolucci's Dream Loom: A Psychoanalytic Study <strong>of</strong> Cinema, Amherst:<br />

The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Massachusetts Press<br />

Kolker, R. P. (1985) Bernardo Bertolucci, London: BFI Publishing<br />

Loshitzky, Y. (1995) The Radical Faces <strong>of</strong> Godard and Bertolucci, Detroit: Wayne State<br />

<strong>University</strong> Press<br />

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