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Mar 13, 2023 · Roberto Rossellini was one of the most important post-World War II directors, known for masterpieces like Europe '51, Germany Year Zero, and Paisan. Collider Menu
A founder of Italian neorealism, Roberto Rossellini brought to filmmaking a documentary-like authenticity and philosophical stringency that changed the course of film history. Rossellini broke out with ROME OPEN CITY, a shattering and vivid chronicle of the Nazi occupation of Italy’s capital, fol...
3 days ago · The best place to start – Rome, Open City. During three apprentice films, La nave bianca (1941), Un pilota ritorna (1942) and L’uomo dalla croce (1943), Rossellini began developing a realist aesthetic. All three were war-time Fascist propaganda, but just weeks after the liberation of Rome, Rossellini began shooting the decidedly anti ...
Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II—Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero—that he left his first transformative mark on cinema.
May 17, 2018 · Director Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977) was responsible for revitalizing Italian cinema after World War II with his neo-realist films, especially Roma, Citta Aperta ( Rome, Open City; 1945). After a long, somewhat uneven career in cinema, Rossellini spent his last creative years working in television, one of the first important film directors ...
Nov 15, 2006 · Roberto Rossellini (b. Italy, 1906–1977) is a key artist of the mid-twentieth century whose contribution to cinema—particularly in his stunning adaptations of Neorealist strategies ( Rome Open City [1945], Paisan [1946])—is inestimable and whose influence on other directors, such as Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese, is profound.
Nov 10, 2006 · Nov. 10, 2006. “One can’t live without Rossellini,” a character declares in Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1964 film “Before the Revolution.”. Yet, almost three decades after Roberto Rossellini ...
