•First
parliamentary elections after 21 years of Fascist rule
•Seen
as the prime response of a nation going from war to democracy
•Neorealism
not overtly political but more concerned with telling people’s stories
•New
Republican Constitution was introduced
•By
this point, the genre was quite political- seen as competing with the
‘escapist’ cinema from Hollywood
•Concerned
with truth and the concept of telling ‘important’ stories
Watch the video essay above and read the article below (up until the discussion of Bicycle Thieves) and come prepared with 5 additional facts about neo-realism. These should form the basis of a further discussion prior to the screening of the film.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/deep-focus/roots-neorealism
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