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Rationalism on Set: Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian Cinema, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: a sleek exploration of style on celluloid

By Islington Citizen | Wednesday 2 May 2018 |

Gastone Medin's set design for L’ultima avventura (The Last Adventure; Dir. Mario Camerini, 1932) Photograph: attributed to Aurelio Pesce, courtesy Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale

This photographic voyage through 1930s Italian cinema brilliantly illustrates the twin development of newfangled ‘talkie’ films and mid-century modern design