SIES College of Arts,

Science & Commerce

Department of Multimedia & Mass
Communication

Academic Year 2021-2022

Semester 3
Film Communication I

Sarang Kulkarni (SMM2122034)

Presents
‘Italian Neorealism’
History – Precursors –

● ● Mario Camerini’s What Scoundrels Men

“Neorealism” literally means “New Realism”
● Italian neorealism movement was between 1943 and 1952 Are! (1932)

● ● Nino Martoglio’s Lost in Darkness (1912)

It was a national film movement rather than an actual school
● Alessandro Blasetti's 1860 (1934)
● Yasujirō Ozu’s an Inn in Tokyo (1935)
● Jean Renoir's Toni (1935)
Reasons for Emergence of Italian Neorealism – ● Roberto Rossellini’s The White Ship (1941)

● Unrest in Italian Cinema during Mussolini’s regime Influences –

● Destruction of Cinecitta film Studios by Allied forces
● French Poetic Realism
● Outdated Technology ● Verismo Literary Movement
● Critics writing for Cinema magazine being gravely disillusioned by ‘Telefoni
Bianchi’
● Reaction against Italian Cinema in 1930s and 1940s
Features –

● Stories about Ordinary People

● Filmed on Location
● Use of Amateur and Non-Actors
● Unconventional Production Values.
● Also known as the Golden Age of Italian Cinema.

Significance – Manifesto della cineteca Italiana –

● Cultural Change & Social Progress in Italy ● Published in 1946
● Contemporary Stories ● Signed by Leading Directors & Critics of the Day
● Emphasized on Social Themes ● Call for a Cultural Revolution
● Subjects were Three-Dimensional People ● Commentary on Post-War Italy
 Major Works –

● Vittorio De Sica's "The Children Are Watching

Us" (1942)
● Roberto Rossellini’s “Rome, Open City” (1945)
● Vittorio De Sica's "Shoeshine" (1946)
● Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thieves" (1948)

Rome, Open City –

Influenced –
● Reason for international recognition of Italian Neorealism
● First major film produced in Italy after the War ● French New Wave
● Won the Grande Prize in 1946 Cannes Film Festival ● Polish Film School
● Indian Parallel Movement

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Thank You