Volume 1 makes available for the first time in English thirty-nine scenarios and two treatments. Each text is preceded by an introduction, providing an essential frame of reference to make these writings entirely accessible to the reader. While nearly all these texts belong to the post-war period, including the stories for major post-war classics, there are also seven pre-war raccontini, the narrative source of Zavattini-s Modernist magical realism, several fictional interviews and faux reportage, tinged with irony aimed at Hollywood, complemented by several pre-war scenarios. The book also features scenarios for Luchino Visconti-s Bellissima, Alessandro Blasetti-s First Communion, De Sica-s The Roof and texts encompassing Zavattini-s ethnographic vision, from the redactions of Italia mia, interviews for Un paese, illustrated with Paul Strand-s photographs, to the scenarios for investigative documentaries, including Why?, The Mysterie
