Showing posts with label Italian Neo-Realism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian Neo-Realism. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Italian Neorealism



Martin Scorsese provides a short introduction to Italian neorealism -- starting with Open City.

Rome, Open City (1946)



The house-to-house search -- in which comedy is succeeded by tragedy.
Who needs subtitles? Try watching this pivotal scene without translation to see what comes across without it.