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1945
Rome, Open City, also released as Open City, is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rome in 1944, the film follows a diverse group of characters coping under the Nazi occupation, and centers on a Resistance fighter trying to escape the city with the help of a Catholic priest. The title refers to the…
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The First World War established and the Second World War confirmed the hegemony of Hollywood over all other cinema industries in the world. However, the end of the Second World War also marked something of a rebirth of the Italian film industry, which would in the next few decades not only give Hollywood a run for its money, but also briefly challenge its supremacy. This achievement is even more impressive, consider…More
Continuing on with my recent Italian film obsession, especially within the genre of Italian neorealism in which the poverty-stricken side of its citizens was portrayed beautifully, showing the hardships of the country's lower-class families and individuals in a time of constant industrial growth, fragile politics, and disconnect between faith and reality particularly where religion was so present yet empathy for tho…More
