Film journal. Official organ of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Bianco e nero began monthly publication in January 1937, edited by the Centra's founding director, Luigi Chiarini, and Umberto Barbaro. The journal quickly presented its scholarly credentials by publishing not only the editors' own pedagogical essays and film reviews but also informed discussion of theoretical works such as Roger Spottiswoode's A Grammar of Film and Ricciotto Canudo's L'usine aux images. With its reputation well established, the journal was nevertheless forced to cease publication between 1944 and 1946 but resumed with the reopening of the Centra in 1947.
In 1999, following legislation that changed the Centro's status from a state body to an autonomous foundation, the journal also changed its name to Bianco & Nero and became a bimonthly with a double summer edition. In December 2003, under the editorship of Leonardo Quaresima, it was given a new look to initiate its third series. It remains the oldest and most prestigious film publication in Italy.
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