1st Edition
Neorealist Film Culture, 1945-1954 Rome, Open Cinema
By Francesco Pitassio
Copyright 2020
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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Unique, truthful, brutal... Neorealism is often associated with adjectives stressing its peculiarities in representing the real, its lack of antecedents, and its legacy in terms of film style. While this is useful when confronting auteurs such as De Sica, Rossellini or Visconti, it becomes problematic when examining a widespread cultural practice that realistic modes deeply affected. This cultural... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, An Uncertain Direction. Neorealist cinema as Transitional Culture 1 Locating the Real. National, International, and Transnational Neorealism, 2 Lies of Memory. Post-war Culture, Remembrance, and Documentary Filmmaking, 3 Looking at the Images. Neorealist Visual Culture, 4 Actors, Non-professional Actors, Starlets, and Stars. Film Performance at the Time of Neorealism, Bibliography, About the Author, Name Index, Film Index
Biography
Francesco Pitassio is professor of Film Studies at the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage of the University of Udine. His research interests revolve around film acting and stardom, Italian film history and culture, documentary cinema, European cinema. He is a member of the editorial board of NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies.
