Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti's career as a film-maker began in the 1930s when he escaped the culture of fascist Italy to work with Jean Renoir in the France of the Popular Front. This is a study of this director.

Geoffrey Nowell-Smith is Professor of Cinema Cultures at the University of Luton. His recent publications include a study of Antonioni’s L’avventura for the BFI Film Classics series.