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The 2021 series Luna Park, produced by Fandango for Netflix, is characterised by its retro history of Rome in the 1960s. Invoking the glory days of film stardom, Cinecittà, the Rai TV studios, and even the period’s darker events, via its evocation of the murder of Wilma Montesi, the series engages with the period in a variety of ways. This contribution investigates the implications of this retro approach, considering Guffey’s (Retro: The culture of revival. London: Foci, 2006) critical view that retro as a style “pillages history”, and situating Luna Park in relation to the characterisation of much Italian audio-visual production as constructing a “tainted heritage” (O’Leary, Alan. Tragedia all’italiana: Italian cinema and Italian terrorisms, 1970–2010. Oxford and New York: Peter Lang, 2011).

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Luna Park: La dolce vita and Retro History

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    2026年

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  • Catherine O’Rawe

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The 2021 series Luna Park, produced by Fandango for Netflix, is characterised by its retro history of Rome in the 1960s. Invoking the glory days of film stardom, Cinecittà, the Rai TV studios, and even the period’s darker events, via its evocation of the murder of Wilma Montesi, the series engages with the period in a variety of ways. This contribution investigates the implications of this retro approach, considering Guffey’s (Retro: The culture of revival. London: Foci, 2006) critical view that retro as a style “pillages history”, and situating Luna Park in relation to the characterisation of much Italian audio-visual production as constructing a “tainted heritage” (O’Leary, Alan. Tragedia all’italiana: Italian cinema and Italian terrorisms, 1970–2010. Oxford and New York: Peter Lang, 2011).