Rudolf Arnheim's Italian Writings on Cinema
The complete web archive of Italian essays, articles and reviews on cinema written by Arnheim

Here are listed by chronological order Rudolf Arnheim's writings on cinema and media in the Italian journals. The information in brackets refers to the exact signature or initials with which each article appeared. Reprint and translation are also indicated.

Italian writings from 1932 to 1939 are published in Rudolf Arnheim, I baffi di Charlot. Scritti italiani sul cinema 1932-1938, Kaplan: Turin 2009, edited by Adriano D'Aloia. Non-Italian versions of the writings are downloadable in pdf format. Writings from 1948 to 1993 are downloadable in pdf format.

1932-1933: The foretastes
1935: At the IICE [LINK: The disappered Encyclopedia]
1936-1938: The contribution to Cinema [LINK: Cinema's columns]
1937-1939: Bianco e Nero and the exile
1948-1953: The postwar
1953-1993: The contribution to Cinema Nuovo

The curator is grateful to prof. Massimo Locatelli for his advices and supervision and to Laura Bortoluzzi for the English revision.

1932-1933: The foretastes
1932-1933 | 1935 | 1936-1938 | 1937-1939 | 1948-1953 | 1953-1993 | TOP

Before Arnheim arrived in Rome, three of his writings had already been published in Italian journals and newspapers.

Rudolf Arnheim, Soggettista e direttore artistico
L'Italia letteraria, 15 May 1932: 5, with a note by Umberto Barbaro.
(Tranlsation of the chapter 'Manuskript und Regie.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film als Kunst, Ernst Rowohlt Verlag: Berlin 1932: 220-223).

Rudolf Arnheim, Arte riproduttiva
Cine-Convegno, No. 2-3, 25 Apr. 1933: 33-36.
Translation of 'Film und Funk.' Neue Zürcher Zeitung, No. 1123, 21 Jun. 1933.
Reprinted (German) as 'Reproduktive Kunst.' Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 373-376 (English, 'Film and Radio.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism, University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisc.-London 1997: 15-18).
Edited reprint as 'Cinema e Radio.' In Rudolf Arnheim, La radio, l'arte dell'ascolto, Editori Riuniti, 3rd ed., Roma 2003: 237-240.
Reprinted (Italian) in Bianco e Nero, No. 563, Jan.-Apr. 2009: 131-133.

Rudolf Arnheim, Contrappunto sonoro
La Stampa, 20 Jun. 1933: 5.
Translation of Robert Ambach, 'Geräusche in der linken Han.'Berliner Tageblatt, No. 154, 2 Apr. 1933.
Reprinted (German) as 'Geräusche in der linken Hand.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977; 76-78 (English, 'Sounds in the Left Hand.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism, University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisc.-London 1997: 47-49); reprint in Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 130-132.
Reprinted (Italian) in Bianco e Nero, No. 563, Jan.-Apr. 2009: 134-135.

1935: At the IICE
1932-1933 | 1935 | 1936-1938 | 1937-1939 | 1948-1953 | 1953-1993 | TOP

The list of writings given below provides the reader with the five editions of "Intercine". The Italian edition was published from January to December 1935. The English, French and German editions were published until July 1935. The Spanish edition was published until March 1935. From October to December "Intercine" issued both an Italian and an international version (Arnheim's writings were published in French). Numbers 8 and 9 (August-September 1935) were a special Italian edition and a trilingual (German-French-English) international one.


Rudolf Arnheim, Nostro pane quotidiano (Italian)
Intercine, No. 1, Jan. 1935: 14-18.
English, Our Daily Bread: 14-18; French, Notre pain quotidien: 14-18; Spanish, Ganarás el pan: 14-18; German, Unser Täglich brot: 14-18.
Reprinted (German) as 'Unser Täglich brot.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977: 273-277 (English, 'Our Daily Bread,'. In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism, University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisc.-London 1997: 203-206).

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 1, Jan. 1935: 34-37.
English, Expression: 35-38; French, L'expression': 34-38; Spanish, Expression: 34-37; German, Ausdruck: 35-38.

Rudolf Arnheim, Vedere lontano (Italian)
Intercine, No. 2, Feb. 1935: 71-82.
English, Seeing Afar Off: 71-82; French, Voir loin...: 71-82; Spanish, Ver lejons: 71-82; German, Ein Blick in die Ferne: 71-82.
Partially reprinted (English) as "A Forecast of Television", in Rudolf Aarnheim, Film as Art, California University Press: Berkeley-Los Angeles 1957: 188-198, (Italian, "Vedere Lontano", in Rudolf Arnheim, Film come arte, il Saggiatore: Milan 1960: 207-216).
Reprinted (German) as 'Ein Blick in die Ferne.' montage/av, special issue "Rudolf Arnheim", 9 Feb. 2000: 33-46. [On-line version].
Reprinted (German) as 'Ein Blick in die Ferne.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 354-369.
Reprinted (Italian) in Orio Caldiron (ed.), Storia del cinema italiano, vol. V - 1934/1939, Marislio - Edizioni di Bianco & Nero, Venice 2006: 588-594.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 3, Mar. 1935: 164-167.
English, Expression: 164-167; French, L'expression: 164-167; Spanish, Expression: 163-166.
German, Ausdruck: 166-169.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 4, Apr. 1935: 225-227.
English, Expression: 225-227; French, L'expression: 225-228; German, Ausdruck: 228-231.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 5, May 1935: 286-288.
English, Expression: 285-287; French, L'expression: 285-287; German, Ausdruck: 290-293.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 6, Jun. 1935: 354-356; English, Expression: 354-356; French, L'expression: 354-357; German, Ausdruck: 358-361.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 7, Jul. 1935: 407-409.
English, Expression: 407-409; French, L'expression: 407-408; German, Ausdruck: 413-415.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il critico cinematografico di domani (Italian)
Intercine, No. 8-9, special issue for the "III Mostra internazionale cinematografica", Aug.-Sept. 1935: 36-37.
International edition: German, Der Filmkritiker von morgen: 89-93; French, Le critique cinématographique de demain: 93; English, Cinematographic criticism of tomorrow: 94.
Reprinted (English) as 'The film critic of today and tomorrow.' Cinema Quarterly, Summer 1935: 203-209.
Reprinted (German) as 'Der Filmkritiker von morgen.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977: 172-176 (English, 'The Film Critic of Tomorrow.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism: 105-110).
Reprinted (Italian) on-line, Filmcronache, No. 1/2005.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 10, Oct. 1935: 64-66.
International edition (French), L'expression: 41-43.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 11, Nov. 1935: 47-49.
International edition (French), L'expression: 48-49.

R. A., Espressione (Italian)
Intercine, No. 12, Dec. 1935: 44-46.
International edition (French), L'expression: 43-45.

1936-1938: The contribution to Cinema
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Rudolf Arnheim, Perché sono brutti i film a colori?
Scenario, No. 3, 1936: 112-114.
Reprint of 'Remarks on the on the Color Film,' Sight and Sound, No. 16, Winter 1935-36: 160-162.
Reprint in Angela Dalle Vacche, Brian. Price (eds.), Color. The Film Reader, Routledge: New York - London 2006: 53-56.

Rodolfo Arnheim, A proposito del cinema a colori
Cinema, No. 2, 25 Jul. 1936: 67-68.
First paragraph reissued in Sequenze, No. 1, Mar. 1949: 34.

Rudolf Arnheim, Polarizzazione. La lotta contro i riflessi
Cinema, No. 7, 10 Oct. 1936: 276.

rnh, Danza macabra
Cinema, No. 8, 25 Oct. 1936: 312.

rnh, La mano del regista
Cinema, No. 8, 25 Oct. 1936: 312.

rnh, Varietà. L'uomo invisibile delle attualità
Cinema, No. 9, 10 Nov. 1936: 340.

rnh, Varietà. Lux e lumen
Cinema, No. 9, 10 Nov. 1936: 340.

rnh, Montaggio senza montaggio
Cinema, No. 9, 10 Nov. 1936: 343.

rnh, Senza parola
Cinema, No. 10, 25 Nov. 1936: 377.

Rudolf Arnheim, Psicologia del "Gag"
Cinema, No. 10, 25 Nov. 1936: 378-379.

Rudolf Arnheim, Una notte sul Monte Calvo
Cinema, No. 11, 10 Dec. 1936: 428-429.
Partially reprinted as 'Disegni animati e pittura in movimento.' In Orio Caldiron (ed.), Il lungo viaggio del cinema italiano. Antologia di "Cinema" 1936-1943, Marsilio: Padova 1965: 133.

rnh, Dominatrici
Cinema, No. 11, 10 Dec. 1936: 440.

R. Arn, Uno zio del cinematografo
Cinema, No. 12, 25 Dec. 1936: 457.
Reprinted as 'Un pioniere del cinematografo,' Bianco e Nero, Jan. 1937: 116-117.

rnh, Cinema "in persona prima"
Cinema, No. 12, 25 Dec. 1936: 480.
Partially reprinted as 'La prima persona.' In Orio Caldiron (ed.), Il lungo viaggio del cinema italiano. Antologia di "Cinema" 1936-1943, Marsilio: Padova 1965: 132.

Rudolf Arnheim, Uno spettro in tre versioni
Cinema, No. 13, 10 Jan. 1937: 22-23.

rnh, Analisi d'una ignota
Cinema, No. 13, 10 Jan. 1937: 23-24.

R. Arn, Un pioniere del cinematografo
Bianco e Nero, No. 14, Jan. 1937: 116-117.
Reprinted of 'Uno zio del cinematografo,' Cinema, No. 12, 25 Dec. 1936: 457.

Rudolf Arnheim, Gli occhi del cervello
Cinema, No. 16, 25 Feb. 1937: 148-149.

Rudolf Arnheim, Dettagli che non sono dettagli
Cinema, No. 17, 10 Mar. 1937: 180-182.

rhn, Le meraviglie della tecnica
Cinema, No. 18, 25 Mar. 1937: 217-219.

Rudolf Arnheim, Televisione. Domani sarà così
Cinema, No. 20, 25 Apr. 1937: 337-338.

Rudolf Arnheim, Espressione e bellezza
Cinema, No. 23, 10 Jun. 1937: 443-444.
Partially reprinted in Orio Caldiron (ed.), Il lungo viaggio del cinema italiano. Antologia di "Cinema" 1936-1943, Padova: Marsilio 1965: 133-134.

R. Arnh, La luce in movimento
Cinema, No. 24, 25 Jun. 1937: 508.

Rudolf Arnheim, Resurrezione del cineasta?
Cinema, No. 25, 10 Jul. 1937: 7-9.

Rudolf Arnheim, Le leggi del colore
Cinema, No. 29, 10 Sept. 1937: 170-171.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il paesaggio ispiratore
Cinema, No. 32, 25 Oct. 1937: 262-264.
Partially reprinted as 'Paesaggio ispiratore e linguaggio.' In Orio Caldiron (ed.), Il lungo viaggio del cinema italiano. Antologia di "Cinema" 1936-1943, Marsilio: Padova 1965: 134-135.

RNH, Ma che cosa è questo cinema? I - Sonoro e muto?
Cinema, No. 33, 10 Nov. 1937: 306.

R. A., Un mondo più colorato
Cinema, No. 34, 25 Nov. 1937: 337.

rnh, Ma che cos'è questo cinema? II. Bisogna seguire il gusto delle masse?
Cinema, No. 34, 25 Nov. 1937: 345-346.

RNH, Orizzonte perduto
Cinema, No. 34, 25 Nov. 1937: 34.
Translated as 'Lost Horizon.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977: 277-279 (English, 'Lost Horizon.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism, University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisc.-London 1997: 206-208).

Rudolf Arnheim, Disciplina del grammofono, della radio, del telefono e della televisione
Sapere, No. 71, 15 Dec. 1937: 415-417.
Translated (English) as 'Disciplining the Gramophone, Radio, Telephone, and Television,' Modernism/modernity, No. 2 (Vol. 16), April 2009: 422-426.

rnh, Memorie della camera oscura
Cinema, No. 36, 25 Dec. 1937: 433-435.

rnh, Una signora mai vista
in Cinema, No. 37, 10 Jan. 1938: 14.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il cifrario del successo
Cinema, No. 38, 25 Jan. 1938: 44.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il formato ridotto diventerà formato normale?
Cinema, No. 42, 25 Mar. 1938: 190-191.
Translation (German) as 'Schmalfilm wird Normalfilm?,' Neue Zürcher Zeitung, No. 872, 15 May 1938.

RNH, La loro vita privata
Cinema, No. 42, 25 Mar. 1938: 195.

Rudolf Arnheim, Esame di coscienza
Cinema, No. 44, 25 Apr. 1938: 289-290.

Rudolf Arnheim, L'attore e le stampelle
Cinema, No. 46, 25 May 1938: 335-337.
Reprinted in Bianco e Nero», No. 3, Mar. 1939: 98-101.
Reprinted in Orio Caldiron (ed.), Il lungo viaggio del cinema italiano. Antologia di "Cinema" 1936-1943, Marsilio: Padova 1965: 214-128.

R. A., Il nuovo sistema italiano per la cinematografia a colori naturali
Cinema, No. 47, 10 Jun. 1938: 370-372.
Partially translated (German), 'Farbenfilme ohne Photoschicht,' Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1883, 26 Oct. 1938.
Partially translated (English), 'A Miracle of Color', Cinema Progress, Jun.-Jul. 1939: 18-19.

(rnh), Il detective soggettista
Cinema, No. 50, 25 Jul. 1938: 56-58.

1937-1939: Bianco e Nero and the exile
1932-1933 | 1935 | 1936-1938 | 1937-1939 | 1948-1953 | 1953-1993 | TOP

Rudolf Arnheim, Principi del montaggio
In Renato May, Per una grammatica del montaggio, Bianco e Nero, No. 1 (II), 31 Jan. 1938: 37-42.
Partial reprint of “Estratti da Film als Kunst di Rudolph Arnheim. Edit. Ernst Rowohlt, Berlin 1932, edited by U. Barbaro ('Cines' 1933)”.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il film come opera d'arte
Bianco e Nero, No. 4, Apr. 1938: 11-42, with a preliminary note by the author.
Official publication of “Estratti da Film als Kunst di Rudolph Arnheim. Edit. Ernst Rowohlt, Berlin 1932, edited by U. Barbaro (“Cines” 1933)”, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome, 1932.
Reprinted in Mario Verdone (ed.), Antologia di Bianco e Nero 1937-1943, vol. I - Scritti teorici, Edizioni di Bianco e Nero, Rome 1964.

Rudolf Arnheim, Un lettore ci domanda
Sapere, No. 86, 31 Jul. 1938: 66.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il cinema documentario e i popoli
Il Ventuno, 3-4, Aug. 1938: 36-38.

R. Arnheim, Nuovo Laocoonte
Bianco e Nero, No. 8, 31 Aug. 1938: 3-33.
German typescript [Neuer Laokoon, Die Verkoppelung der künstlerischen Mittel, unteruscht anläßblich des Sprechfilms], 1938.
Reprinted (German) as 'A New Laocoöon: Aristic Composites and the Talking Film.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film as art, California University Press: Berkeley-Los Angeles 1957: 199-230 (Italian, '"Nuovo Laocoonte": le componenti artistiche e il cinema sonoro.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film come arte, il Saggiatore: Milan 1960: 217-242).
Reprinted as 'Film sonoro = teatro?.' In Giovanni Calendoli (ed.), Cinema e teatro, Edizioni dell'Ateneo, Rome 1957: 116-119.
Reprinted (German) as 'Neuer Laokoon, Die Verkoppelung der künstlerischen Mittel, unteruscht anläßblich des Sprechfilms.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977: 81-112.
Reprinted (German) as 'Neuer Laokoon.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 377-412.

Rudolf Arnheim, L'attore e le stampelle
Bianco e Nero, No. 3, Mar. 1939: 98-101.
Reprint of 'L'attore e le stampelle,' Cinema, No. 46, 25 May 1938: 335-337.

1948-1949: The postwar
1932-1933 | 1935 | 1936-1938 | 1937-1939 | 1948-1953 | 1953-1993 | TOP

Rudolf Arnheim, Lettera dagli Stati Uniti
Bianco e Nero, No. 4, Jun. 1948: 44.

Rudolf Arnheim, Renato May: Il linguaggio del film
Bianco e Nero, No. 6, Aug. 1948: 56-58.
Reprinted in Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, No. 2 (Vol. 7), Dec. 1948: 158-160.

Rudolf Arnheim, Avvenire del colore
Sequenze, No. 1, Sept. 1949:25.
Reprint of the first paragraph of 'A proposito del cinema a colori,' Cinema, No. 2, 25 Jul. 1936: 67-68.

Rudolf Arnheim, Cinema e psicologia
Cinema, No. 23, 30 Sept. 1949: 161-164.
Translated (German) as 'Kino und Psychologie.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 273-279.

Rudolf Arnheim, Il cinema e la folla
Cinema, No. 25, 30 Oct. 1949: 219-220.
Translated (German) as' Das Kino und die Masse,' montage/av, special issue "Rudolf Arnheim", 9 Feb. 2000: 47-54. [On-line version].
Reprinted (Czech) as 'A film és a tömegek.' In Shinháztudomanyi és Filmtudomanyi Intezet (ed.), Film és társadalom, Budapest 1958: 33-42.
Reprinted (German) as 'Das Kino und die Masse.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 280-288.

Rudolf Arnheim, Originalità di europeo
Cinema, No. 28, 15 Dec. 1949: 316-318.
Partially reprinted in Il nuovo spettatore cinematografico, No. 19, Feb. 1961: 176-177.

Rudolf Arnheim, Questo è il cinema
Rivista del cinematografo, No. 6, Jun. 1950: 19.

Rudolf Arnheim, Ripensando alle cose di allora
Rivista del cinema italiano, No. 1-2, Jan.-Feb. 1953: 93-97.
Reprinted (extended version) as 'Nota personale (1957).' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film come arte, il Saggiatore: Milan 1960: 39-44.

Rudolf Arnheim, Movimento organico ed inorganico
Rivista del cinema italiano, No. 9, Sept. 1953: 86-91.
Anticipation of the paragraph 'Una scala di complessità,' in the chapter 'Movement.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Art and Visual Perception, University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles 1954, (Italian, Arte e percezione visiva, Feltrinelli, Milan 1962: 324-328).

1953-1993: The contribution to Cinema Nuovo
1932-1933 | 1935 | 1936-1938 | 1937-1939 | 1948-1953 | 1953-1993 | TOP

Rudolf Arnheim, Lo stile e la donna nell'opera di Stroheim
Cinema Nuovo, No. 134, Jul.-Aug. 1958: 50-52.
German typescript [Erich von Stroheim], 1934 [Stroheim, Erich von for "Encyclopedia of Cinema" (unpublished)].
First published as 'Portrait of an Artist,' Film Culture, No. 18, Apr. 1958: 11-13.
Reprinted in P. Adam Sitney (ed.), Film Culture Reader, Praeger: New York 1970: 57-61.

Rudolf Arnheim, La dittatura del regista e la responsabilità della critica
Cinema Nuovo, No. 139, May-Jun. 1959: 220-226.
German typescript [Urheber], 1934 [Autore for "Encyclopedia of Cinema" (unpublished)].
Reprint of 'Who is the Author of a Film?,' Film Culture, No. 16, Jan. 1958: 11-13.
Reprinted (Hungarian) as 'A rendezö diktaturája - a kritika felelösseége,' Filmkultura, No. 3, Aug. 1960: 55-63.
New Italian translation as 'Può essere anche la Garbo,' Cinema Nuovo, No. 313, May 1988: 39-45.
First German publication as 'Urheber - Wer ist der Autor eines Films?' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977: 124-132 (English, 'Who is the Author of a Film?.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism: 62-69).
Reprinted (German) in Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 196-206.

Rudolf Arnheim, La bomba dei ritrovati tecnici sulla cattedrale cinematografica
Cinema Nuovo, No. 140, Jul.-Aug. 1959: 320-325, (interview by Guido Aristarco).
Partially reprinted in Guido Aristarco, Prefazione (footnotes). In Rudolf Arnheim, Film come arte, il Saggiatore: Milan 1960: 30-35.

Rudolf Arnheim, (La passione di Giovanna d’Arco)
Il nuovo spettatore cinematografico, No. 1, May-Jun. 1959: VI. Excerpt from Rudolf Arnheim, Film as art, University of California Press: Berkeley-Los Angeles 1957: 40.

Rudolf Arnheim, (La corazzata Potemkin)
in Il nuovo spettatore cinematografico, No. 9, Mar. 1960: 255. Excerpt from Rudolf Arnheim, Film, Faber & Faber, London, 1933.

Rudolf Arnheim, Reazione e progresso nel film giapponese
Cinema Nuovo, No. 144, Mar.-Apr. 1960: 109-110.

Rudolf Arnheim, (M, il mostro di Dusserldorf)
Il nuovo spettatore cinematografico, No. 19, Feb. 1961: 176-177.
Partial reprit of 'Originalità di europeo,' Cinema, No. 28, 15 Dec. 1949: 316-318.

Rudolf Arnheim, Tendenza dell'arte occidentale e diminuzione della visività
Cinema Nuovo, No. 205, May-Jun. 1970: 195-204.
Reprint of 'Melancholy Unshaped,' Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, No. 3 (Vol. 21), Spring 1963: 291-297.
Reprinted as 'Melancholy Unshaped,' in Rudolf Arnheim, Toward a Psychology of Art. Collected Essays, University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles 1966: 181-191 (Italian, 'Malinconia senza forma.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Verso una psicologia dell'arte, Einaudi: Turin 1969: 222-234).
Reprinted as 'Die ungeformte Melancholie.' in Rudolf Arnehim, Zur Psychologie der Kunst, DuMont: Köln 1977: 146-159.
Reprinted (German) as 'Die ungeformte Melancholie.' In Helmut H. Diederichs (ed.), Geschichte der Filmtheorie. Kunsttheoretische Texte von Méliès bis Arnheim, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 403-416.
Reprinted (German) as 'Ungeformte Melancholie.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 312-325.

udolf Arnheim, Ricordando gli anni venti
Filmcritica, No. 283, Mar. 1978: 92-96 (interview by Giovanni Spagnoletti).

Rudolf Arnheim, Uno specchio del consumismo la didattica del film in Usa
Cinema Nuovo, No. 252, Mar.-Apr. 1978: 88-91.

Rudolf Arnheim, L'esito ideologico ultimo approdo del film
Cinema Nuovo, No. 255, Sept.-Oct. 1978: 8-11.

Rudolf Arnheim, Arnheim e il Nostromo
Cinema Nuovo, No. 274, Dec. 1981: 58.

Rudolf Arnheim, Sulla natura della fotografia
Rivista di storia e critica della fotografia, No. 2, 1981: 6-23.
Reprint of 'On the Nature of Photography,' Critical Inquiry, No. 1 (Vol. 1), Sept. 1974: 149-161.
Reprinted (English) as 'What is Photography?,' Dialogue, No. 3 (Vol. 9), 1976: 56-64.
Reprinted in Peninah R. Petruck (ed.), The Camera Viewed. Writings on twentieth-century photography, vol. 2, New York: Dutton, 1979: 147-160.
Reprinted (english) in Rudolf Arnheim, New Essays on the Psychology of Art, University of California Press: Berkeley-Los Angeles 1986: 102-114 (Italian, Intuizione e intelletto. Nuovi saggi di psicologia dell'arte, Feltrinelli, Milan 1987).
Reprinted as 'Om fotografins väsen,' Paletten, No. 1, 1976: 15-19.
Reprinted (German) as 'Über das Wesen der Photographie.' in Rudolf Arnheim, Neue Beiträge, DuMont: Köln 1991: 140-155.
Reprinted (Italian) in Angelo. Schwartz, Trenta voci sulla fotografia, Forma: Turin 1983: 216-227.
Reprinted (German) as' Über das Wesen der Photographie,' in Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 20-35.

Rudolf Arnheim, Splendore e miseria del fotografo
Rivista di storia e critica della fotografia, Dec. 1984: 2-9.
Reprint of 'Splendor and Misery of the Photographer,' Bennington Review, Sept. 1979: 2-8.
Reptinted (English) as 'Splendor and Misery of the Photographer.' In Rurold Arnheim, New Essays on the Psychology of Art, University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles 1986: 115-122 (Italian, Intuizione e intelletto. Nuovi saggi di psicologia dell'arte, Feltrinelli: Milan 1987).
Reprinted (German) as 'Glanz und Elend des Photographen.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Neue Beiträge, DuMont, Köln 1991: 156-165.
Reprinted (German) as 'Glanz und Elend des Photographen.' Un Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 46-55.

Rudolf Arnheim, Come un tifoso d'oggi amai il cinema in Italia
Cinema Nuovo, No. 301, May-Jun. 1986: 35-36, with a letter by Rudolf Arnheim to Guido Aristarco, dated February 23, 1953.

Rudolf Arnheim, Immagine-avvenimento e durata
Cinema Nuovo, No. 305, Jan.-Feb. 1987: 22.
Reprint as "Fugacità e durata." In Guido Aristarco, Teresa Aristarco (Eds.), Il Cinema: verso il centenario, Dedalo: Bari 1992: 12.

Rudolf Arnheim, Può essere anche la Garbo
Cinema Nuovo, No. 313, May-Jun. 1988: 39-45 [Autore for "Encyclopedia of Cinema" (unpublished)].
Reprint (new Italian translation) of 'La dittatura del regista e la responsabilità della critica,' Cinema Nuovo, No. 139, May-Jun. 1959: 220-226.
First German publication: 'Urheber - Wer ist der Autor eines Films?' In Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film, Carl Hanser Verlag: Munich-Wien 1977: 124-132 (English, 'Who is the Author of a Film?.' In Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism: 62-69).
Reprinted (German) in Rudolf Arnheim, Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 196-206.

Rudolf Arnheim, Un fedele lettore
Cinema Nuovo, No. 336, Mar.-Apr. 1992: 5-6.

Rudolf Arnheim, Le due autenticità del medium fotografico
Cinema Nuovo, No. 344-345, Jul.-Oct. 1993: 27-30.
Translated (English) as 'The Two Authenticities of the Photographic Media,' The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, No. 4, Fall 1993: 537-540.
Reprinted in R. ARNHEIM, The Split and the Structure. Twenty-Eight Essays, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1996: 24-30.
Reprinted in Leonardo, 1 (30), 1997: 53-55.
Reprinted as Die beiden Authentizitäten der photographischen Medien, in Die Seele in der Silberschicht. Medientheoretische Schriften: Foto - Film - Rundfunk, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt am Main 2004: 56-63.