Examples Of Italian Neorealism
Establishing a New Type of Realism: Neorealism
Like most movements, Italian Neorealism was a response to what came before.
Even before World War II ended, the Italians were seeking a new form of film. A form that would leave behind the unrealistic decadence of Hollywood and the 'white telephone' dramas of Italy. Their response was the stylistics movement Italian Neorealism.
Before 1943 and Mussolini's fall critics and filmmakers were calling for a representation of real life (http://cinecollage.net/neorealism.html). Luchino Visconti's Ossessione (1943), still under the censorship of Mussolini, was a precursor to the movement along with a whole host of films and filmmakers who were trying to create a "hybrid of traditional and more experimental …show more content…
With such small budgets the use of studio spaces could be costly even if that put the film at the mercy of the weather, natural lighting, and the need for continuity. These films adapted so that they did not need large budgets, but at the same time they often did not make a great profit. The people of the lower class often did not enjoy these films. They did not want to see their struggles on screen they wanted to escape to the movies. This lead to a reorganization of the movement near the start of the 1950's called Pink Neorealism or Rosy Neorealism where a lot of the same style and idiosyncrasies remained, but the struggles were less stifling, and Hollywood happy endings were far more prominent. These films also acted more like comedies and began to move away from having economic, political, and social contexts …show more content…
Its influences reach across history. Even as the movement began it was inspiring and changing the ideas and theories of filmmaking. The French New Wave was heavily impacted by their European friends through the Neorealist emphasis on documentary style and real-life portrayals. This movement also lead to the start of many famous Italian filmmakers' careers (https://www.criterion.com/explore/6-italian-neorealism). Frederico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luigi Comencini, and Pietro Germi all came out of the Neorealism bubble and went to either the second wave−Fellini and Antonioni- or Pink Neorealism− Germi and Comencini. Neorealism's reach went international as it touched films from the Kitchen Sink School in the UK, the Cinema Novo in Brazil, a handful of American films between 1948 to 1965, and even India's Saatyajit Ray and one of his most famous films Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959)
Like most movements, Italian Neorealism was a response to what came before.
Even before World War II ended, the Italians were seeking a new form of film. A form that would leave behind the unrealistic decadence of Hollywood and the 'white telephone' dramas of Italy. Their response was the stylistics movement Italian Neorealism.
Before 1943 and Mussolini's fall critics and filmmakers were calling for a representation of real life (http://cinecollage.net/neorealism.html). Luchino Visconti's Ossessione (1943), still under the censorship of Mussolini, was a precursor to the movement along with a whole host of films and filmmakers who were trying to create a "hybrid of traditional and more experimental …show more content…
With such small budgets the use of studio spaces could be costly even if that put the film at the mercy of the weather, natural lighting, and the need for continuity. These films adapted so that they did not need large budgets, but at the same time they often did not make a great profit. The people of the lower class often did not enjoy these films. They did not want to see their struggles on screen they wanted to escape to the movies. This lead to a reorganization of the movement near the start of the 1950's called Pink Neorealism or Rosy Neorealism where a lot of the same style and idiosyncrasies remained, but the struggles were less stifling, and Hollywood happy endings were far more prominent. These films also acted more like comedies and began to move away from having economic, political, and social contexts …show more content…
Its influences reach across history. Even as the movement began it was inspiring and changing the ideas and theories of filmmaking. The French New Wave was heavily impacted by their European friends through the Neorealist emphasis on documentary style and real-life portrayals. This movement also lead to the start of many famous Italian filmmakers' careers (https://www.criterion.com/explore/6-italian-neorealism). Frederico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luigi Comencini, and Pietro Germi all came out of the Neorealism bubble and went to either the second wave−Fellini and Antonioni- or Pink Neorealism− Germi and Comencini. Neorealism's reach went international as it touched films from the Kitchen Sink School in the UK, the Cinema Novo in Brazil, a handful of American films between 1948 to 1965, and even India's Saatyajit Ray and one of his most famous films Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959)