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The first neorealist film
cacb3995 - wrote on 04/18/2018
The movement known as the Italian Neorealism is widely considered to be the birth of modern cinema. In a time in which the world was in the midst of the cruelest war witnessed by humanity, and Italy found itself under the rule of fascist leaser Benito Mussolini, a group of young filmmakers came to the forefront and defied conventions and the established norm. The first neorealist film to achieve international recognition was Roberto Rossellini’s “Rome, Open City” (1945), bringing praise and prominence to the movement. However, it is believed by film scholars that the very first movie produced under the philosophy and conditions of Neorealism was Luchino Visconti’s “Ossessione” (1943). Whether this film fits the mould of the first modernist movement in film history is actually …
