The books

Books on Film in Every Shape and Form

The library includes volumes on film theory and technique and the cinema industries of different countries. Screenplays are joined by scripts and books about films, actors and directors plus texts on the legislation and economics of film, reference works, encyclopaedias, journals, magazines and press reviews. The sections dedicated to photography and the graphic arts are joined by other special departments: the crime library with over 3,000 thrillers and true stories (donated by Wilma Lanzarini) and the collection of comics (over 160 Italian and international titles) with a section of around 2,000 monographs and magazines on the subject.