FILM AND TELEVISION

TOPIC: ITALIAN
NEOREALISM & GERMAN
EXPRESSIONISM
BY: ANKITA SATPATHY
BATCH: BMS 3A
SUBJECT CODE: MMS 304
ITALIAN NEOREALISM
 Italian neorealism also known as the Golden Age.
 Italian neorealism films mostly contend with the difficult economic and moral
conditions of post-World War II Italy.
 Italian neorealism came about as World War II ended and Benito
Mussolini's government fell, causing the Italian film industry to lose its centre.
 Neorealism was a sign of cultural change and social progress in Italy.
 Italian neorealism is influenced by French New Wave and Cinema Novo Iranian
New Wave.
 The true beginning of neorealism has been widely contested by theorists and
filmmakers.
 Italian neorealism rapidly declined in the early 1950s.
MOVIE ON ITALIAN NEOREALISM
BICYCLE THEIVES
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Bicycle Thieves is a 1948 Italian drama
film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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The film follows the story of a poor father searching
post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle,
without which he will lose the job which was to be
the salvation of his young family.
ANALYSIS