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Charts the birth and development of Italian neorealism. Surveying the major creative contributions to and critical receptions of this trend in Italian postwar cinema, this book begins by tracing the roots of neorealist film and drawing parallels to neorealist fiction. It re-considers critical discourses that have emerged over the years.

Table of Contents
1. Beginnings; 2. Neorealism and Realism: Bazin and Zavattini; 3. Neorealism in Literature: Parallels to the Cinema; 4. Roberto Rossellini: Rebuilding the City; 5. Vittorio De Sica: Walking the Postwar City; 6. 'Minor' Neorealist Directors; 7. The Road Beyond and Outside of Italian Neorealism; Filmography; Bibliography.

Italian Neorealist Cinema

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 17 December 2013
      ISBN-13 9780748636129
      978-0748636129
      ISBN-10 0748636129
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      Films, cinema

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Charts the birth and development of Italian neorealism. Surveying the major creative contributions to and critical receptions of this trend in Italian postwar cinema, this book begins by tracing the roots of neorealist film and drawing parallels to neorealist fiction. It re-considers critical discourses that have emerged over the years.

      Table of Contents
      1. Beginnings; 2. Neorealism and Realism: Bazin and Zavattini; 3. Neorealism in Literature: Parallels to the Cinema; 4. Roberto Rossellini: Rebuilding the City; 5. Vittorio De Sica: Walking the Postwar City; 6. 'Minor' Neorealist Directors; 7. The Road Beyond and Outside of Italian Neorealism; Filmography; Bibliography.

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