Week 3

WEEK 3

Italian Neorealism

The golden age of Italian Cinema

• Began in Italy at the end of World War II due to the economic conditions and political disturbance of Italy.
• used non professional actors
• lower class characters
• outdoor shooting
• small budgets
• open-ended
• filmed on set
• morals

SOME EXAMPLES:

Roberto Rosellini
OPEN CITY

open city(first major neorealist production)

The flowers of St. Francis

Vittorio De Sica 

The Children are Watching Us

Bicycle thieves

and of course bicycle thieves. 

Umberto D

Films Inspired by Neorealism
Blue Valentine (2010)

This film was screened in Class. honestly i only bits of it since i was tired. I wanted to watch it but kept on procrastinating so in the end i didn't watch it.  Luckily i watched bicycle thief before. 

My thoughts on bicycle thief:
Honestly, I found it  boring. It was shown to us last semester and watching it once was enough. For me it was too draggy. However emotions were delivered though it's a low budget films. Surely having a character where one can relate is a need in films. However this film is amazing because no matter how long it was shown, it is still in history, with many film students watching it. Over all it was a good movie, considering it was a small budget, outdoor shooting and non professional actors.