Ultimo fascicolo

Abstract: Abstract: In the year 1925, with its hold on power now consolidated, the Fascist regime adopted a new approach to the cinema. Since then propaganda, control, censure and a variety of incentives were constantly interwoven. The film industry was identified as a key sector for the regime, thanks to the Duce’s immediate awareness of its importance in the spread of Fascism’s mythology and of its role as a fundamental instrument in the organization of consensus. Within the framework of the measures taken to re-launch, expand and protect this sector – which have no equal in other industries for the abundance and continuity of the means allocated – the Cinecittà project was inserted. It took form out of an encounter of various interests: investments in public works with an anti-cyclic function; a new urban design for Rome to be carried out through detailed plans that would highlight the city’s historical remains and create a monumental architecture for the “Urbe”, thanks to the convergence of public and private energies. Keywords: Cinecittà; Italian Film Industry; Fascism; Propaganda, Consensus and Censure; Urban Development

Keywords: Cinecittà; Italian Film Industry; Fascism; Propaganda, Consensus and Censure; Urban Development