a beginners guide to italian neorealism

#film #videoessay #neorealism
After the Second World War a new cinematic movement swept across Italy, focussing on the hardships the country faced after the war Italian Neorealism changed the way films were made not only in Italy, but eventually spread across the world. But what is Italian Neorealism? What are its key features? What are the key films within the movement? And what impact did it have on world cinema?
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00:00 - Bicycle Thieves (1948)
01:29 - Mussolini
03:38 - WW2
05:03 - Post War
06:03 - Rome, Open City (1945)
08:11 - La Terra Trema (1948)
10:07 - Impact of the 'real'

[@lucignolo8333]

As an Italian i remember catching Ladri di biciclette on tv and crying my eyes out, good times

[@19_1_1_4]

The thing I adore about Italian neorealism it's the pseudo longevity of calmness, However intertwined with that distancing alienation. Indeed Art is always subjective but it's the thing with its gothic element that it brings this melancholic mermalade

[@ArcherGreen]

Thanks for your comment! Italian Neorealism certainly has a unique melancholic atmosphere that permeates into almost every aspect of the films