Shocked by the realities of combat, Italians were ready for gritty pictures after World War II. Thus, neorealism was born, and directors began depicting poverty and crime in lifelike ways. They often shot on location, sometimes on impoverished streets. In many cases, they hired amateur Italian...
As World War II unfolded, filmmakers around the world had begun incorporating the methods of documentary into their movies, as well as adopting a terser, more stoical and spacious dramatic style. . . But neorealism went further in tossing out the polish of studio cinema and hanging entire movi...
is a submarine commander in the Italian Royal Navy who has a different spirit from the military machos we tend to encounter in movies. He’s certainly tough enough — a bruiser with a dark edge. “Comandante” is set during the early days of World War II (September and October 1940), a...
Where: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies (USA); Netflix (Italy)Following their internment in a concentration camp during World War II, Guido, a Jewish father, uses humor and imagination to shield his young son from the horrors of their situation. Our students were touched by the ...
Malènais a stunning Italian romance film, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It tells the story of a 13-year old young boy named Renato who falls in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Malèna, played byMonica Bellucci.Set in a small Sicilian town during World War II, the film explores the...
(2016). Imported memories: the Italian audience and the reception of American movies about the Second World War. Journal of Modern Italian Studies: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 627-648. doi: 10.1080/1354571X.2016.1207322doi:10.1080/1354571X.2016.1207322Pipitone...
The film’s infamous status was secured a few years later when it was banned in Britain; having briefly made an unrated home video appearance on the obscure JVI Video Films label. In World War II, a European village is under the rule of occupying Third Reich forces – attractive head scien...
since lies in the scope of the Roman dialect slang, which leaves no written documents. The spread of the term in Italy came after World War II due to neorealist movies and novels. In any case, different explanations focus on several issues common to other expressions worldwide and more speci...
During World War II, he was paid by the Italian government to make hundreds of radio broadcasts criticizing the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jews, as a result of which he was arrested in 1945 by American forces in Italy on charges of treason. He spent months in detention in...
The movement emerged in Italy in the late 1940s and early 1950s, intending to reflect the social realities and problems of the time through movies. After the gloom of the Second World War had lifted, Italian film artists rose from the ashes with great creativity and a spirit of exploration...