| Description |
ix, 242 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Overbey -- For whom do we write? / Alberto Moravia -- Politics and culture: A letter to Togliatti / Elio Vittorini -- A thesis on neo-realism / Cesare Zavattini -- Concerning a film about the River Po / Michelangelo Antonioni -- Anthropomorophic cinema / Luchino Visconti -- Why Ladri di biciclette? / Vittorio De Sica -- A few words about neo-realism / Roberto Rossellini -- Ten years of cinema / Roberto Rossellini -- The philosophical basis of neo-realism / Felix A. Morlion -- Towards an Italian landscape / Giuseppe De Santis -- Truth and poetry: Verga and the Italian cinema / Mario Alicata and Giuseppe De Santis -- A discourse on neo-realism / Luigi Chiarini -- Origins of neo-realism / Franco Venturini -- Neo-realism: Yesterday / Giuseppe Ferrara -- Neo-realism betrayed / Luigi Chiarini -- In defense of the Italian cinema / Pietro Germi, Giuseppe De Santis and Luchino Visconti -- Neo-realism today / Giuseppe Ferrara -- List of English titles of Italian films cited |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 239-242 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 239-242 |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Italy.
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Realism in motion pictures.
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| Author |
Overbey, David.
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| LC no. |
79011858 |
| ISBN |
0208018247 |
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