{"id":4310,"date":"2016-04-07T20:15:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T20:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4310"},"modified":"2019-03-17T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T09:52:08","slug":"in-the-name-of-the-law-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/latest-news-about-books-and-magazines-about-italian-cinema\/in-the-name-of-the-law-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Name of the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a bit later than expected, but finally\u00a0In the Name of the Law\u00a0<\/strong>is available! This is the new WildEye book, the third in the series after Fantastikal Diabolikal Supermen<\/strong> (which is now sold out I’m afraid) and Giorgio Ardisson: The Italian James Bond<\/strong>. It is an in depth examination of Italian crime films – or to be more precise, Italian films in which crime is a major component – made between 1945 and 1969. Here’s the blurb:<\/p>\n

During the 1970s Italian cinema discovered crime. Inspired by the likes of Dirty Harry<\/strong> and The French Connection<\/strong>, numerous producers and directors rushed their own cop and gangster movies (or poliziotteschi, as they became known) into production. But it wasn\u2019t a phenomenon that emerged out of nowhere and it wasn\u2019t solely a case of Italian filmmakers ripping off American product. Indeed, crime (or criminality) had already been an important feature of hundreds of Italian films, from the neo-realist classics of the 1940s to psychedelic noirs made two decades later.<\/p>\n

This book is an exploration of this fascinating but murky area; featuring in depth reviews and artwork from numerous productions either respected or forgotten which can authentically claim to be antecedents of the poliziotteschi. Titles range from Bitter Rice<\/strong> and Big Deal of Madonna Street<\/strong> to the more obscure Passport for A Corpse<\/strong> and Night Train to Milan<\/strong>, from Bandits of Orgosolo<\/strong> to Sardinia Kidnapped<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In examining these films it charts the progress of the Italian crime film while it was still in the process of discovering its ideal form. So buckle up your seat-belts, pour yourself a J&B and get ready to meet the assorted delinquents, bandits and Mafiosi who were to be found in Italian films between 1945 and 1969.<\/p>\n

It’s 223 pages, four of which are in colour, royal size (234mm x 156mm) and with a nice glossy cover. As always, it’s packed with behind the scenes info, stills and posters (most of which are from my private collection).<\/p>\n

So, how to get it? Well, I will be listing it on Amazon imminently, but if you’re not already aware of this Amazon charge about 50%-60% of the cover price (and you have to pay to post the books to them as well!) So basically speaking please don’t buy it from there\u00a0except as a last resort.<\/p>\n

Instead, please buy it either from my online shop<\/a>\u00a0for the very reasonable price of \u00a39.99 plus postage. It’s fully secure and you can use it as long as you have a Paypal account. You can also both it and Giorgio Ardisson: The Italian James Bond for \u00a317.99 plus postage. Alternatively you can buy it from eBay<\/a> for \u00a310.99<\/p>\n

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It’s been a long time coming and it’s a bit delayed, but finally\u00a0In the Name of the Law\u00a0<\/strong>is available! It’s an in depth examination of Italian crime films – or to be more precise, Italian films in which crime or criminality is a major component – made between 1945 and 1969. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[838,1288,1212],"tags":[1289,1156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4310"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5016,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4310\/revisions\/5016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thewildeye.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}