Il Giornale d'Italia

Il Giornale d'Italia was an important and innovative daily newspaper founded in Rome in 1901 and closed in 1976.

History and profile

Folco Testena served as the editor-in-chief of Il Giornale d'Italia in the 1930s.[1] Until his editorship the paper was a patriotic and monarchist publication.[1] Then it became a supporter of the fascist regime in Italy.[1]

Approximately one hour and 34 minutes into Michelangelo Antonioni's film L'Eclisse, Alain Delon's character, a stock trader on the Roman bourse, is lying on his bed reading the nightly edition as he talks on the phone. He then picks up another paper, Paese Sera, and finishes his conversation.

The magazine with the same name, an organ of the political movement Pensionati uomini vivi, is an unrelated publication.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David Aliano (2008). Identity in Transatlantic Play: Il Duce's National Project in Argentina. ProQuest. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-549-58498-8.

Sources

Felice Borsato, "Terza pagina: cento anni di giornalismo d'autore", in ''L'Opinione, January, 2002