Marco Polo returns to China: Giuliano Montaldo’s TV series (1982)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Marco Polo returns to China: Giuliano Montaldo’s TV series (1982)

Published:2023 Issue: Volume: Page:99-116
ISSN:2704-6478
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Author:

Lepri Chiara¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Sapienza University of Rome, IT

Abstract

In 1982, the Italian television network RAI produced a TV series by Giuliano Montaldo on the travels of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo. Broadcast in forty-six countries, the Emmy Award-winning cinematic project, which involved partners from the United States, Japan, Germany, and France, stood as the first film co-production between Italy and China and represented a relevant step in the consolidation of the Sino-Italian friendship after the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1970. This paper aims to research the transnational dynamics enacted by Marco Polo during the Sino-Italian co-production and presents the making of the TV series in China from ideation to distribution. The study includes an original interview with the director Montaldo (2022).

Publisher

Firenze University Press

Link

https://media.fupress.com/files/pdf/24/13478/37264

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