Repertory Cinema 2013
Neo-realism
originated in Italy
in the 1940s was an important movement in film history. Amidst the ruins after World
War II and none of the studios could function normally, the Italians used
actual locations, natural lighting and non-professional cast to lower the cost,
and made a series of films that reflect the destructions of war and the lives
of the underprivileged class.
The Italian
Cinema in the days of Fascist rule was dominated by lavish epics that served as
political propaganda, or escapist telefoni bianchi (white telephone) films.
Some critics of the time including Luchino Visconti, Cesare Zavattini, Gianni
Puccini, Giuseppe De Santis were against this opulence and suggested a new realist
style.
Visconti’s Obsession in 1943 was
widely regarded as the founding piece of Neo-realism. In the following two years,
Italy
was in the turmoil of international and civil wars, film industry’s
infrastructure was destroyed and filmmakers had to find new ways to make films.
Rossellini’s Rome, Open City (1945) made
use of real locations, non-professional casting, and shot in a half documentary
style helped put this movement into international limelight. His later works, Paisan (1946) , Germany Year Zero (1948) , Visconti’s
The Earth Will Tremble (1948) and De
Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) were recognised with many international awards and
remain to be world cinema’s classics. After this movement, the aesthetic
tradition continued to flourish in the works of Fellini, Antonioni and
Pasolini. In the decades that follow, the influence of Neo-realism can still be
seen not only in Italian but also in the world cinema.
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