During and for some years after World War H there was a movement of sorts, especially in Italy, that has been often characterized as neo realism. Such Italian films as Open City, The Bicycle Thief and Umberto D are generally considered as exemplary of this movement. Notable directors include Rossellini, Fellini, de Sica, Antonioni and Visconti. Your instructor likes to view this movement as It’s A Hard Life movies. Articulate: What distinguishes films of this period that qualifies them as neo realism? Discuss story concept, plot, production values, etc., and sociaVcultural influence/ context that bear on your answer. Answer by reference to particular films, if you can. b. By 1966, Vittorio de Sica was doing comedy and a pretty good one, namely After The Fox with Peter Sellers. In 1960, Fellini poked pungent satire at Italian society in La Dolce Vita. What happened in Italy that films started having a sense of humor, do you think? c. Does this classic neo realism movement pertain today to a recent film you can name? Discuss how the neo realism label applies. 5Name two films of your choice that includes scenes in which commentary sound, or sound not naïve to or actually in the film story environment, is added to the soundtrack and elaborated in each case the impact positive or negative this commentary sound has on the impact of the scene and/or film.
