Italian Neorealist CinemaEdinburgh University Press, 2013 M12 17 - 224 pages This book traces the roots of neorealist film and draws parallels to neorealist fiction, by surveying the major creative contributions to and critical receptions of this trend in Italian postwar cinema. |
Contents
Realism and neorealism | |
narration and testimony | |
Rossellinis cities of war and resistance | |
shoeshiners bicycle thieves miraculous | |
between tradition and invention | |
from dystopian cities to utopian countries | |
streetwalkers political rebels antimafia | |
Filmography | |
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