Italian cinema history, marking influential films for Scorsese and particularly covering the
Italian neorealism period.
The films of
.
It was released in 1999 at a length of four hours. Two years later, it was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival .[1]
Films discussed
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) (1945), directed by Roberto Rossellini
1860 (1934), directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Fabiola (1949), directed by Alessandro Blasetti
The Iron Crown (La corona di ferro) (1941), directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Cabiria (1914), directed by Giovanni Pastrone
Bicycle Thieves (1948), directed by Vittorio De Sica
Fantasia sottomarina (1940), directed by Roberto Rossellini
La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966), directed by Roberto Rossellini
The Miracle (Il miracolo) segment (1948) of L'Amore , directed by Roberto Rossellini
Stromboli (1950), directed by Roberto Rossellini
The Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) (1950), directed by Roberto Rossellini
as Bruno
Il signor Max (1937), directed by Mario Camerini with Vittorio De Sica as Gianni/Max Varaldo
Shoeshine (Sciuscià) (1946), directed by Vittorio De Sica
The Roof (Il tetto) (1956), directed by Vittorio De Sica
Two Women (La ciociara) (1961), directed by Vittorio De Sica
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (1970), directed by Vittorio De Sica
The Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli) (1954), directed by Vittorio De Sica
Les Bas-fonds (The Lower Depths) (1936), directed by Jean Renoir
Ossessione (1943), directed by Luchino Visconti
Giorni di Gloria (Days of Glory) (1945), directed by Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero and Luchino Visconti
Bellissima (1951), directed by Luchino Visconti , with Alessandro Blasetti , a film director, appears as himself.
Senso (1954), directed by Luchino Visconti
La Strada (1955), directed by Federico Fellini
Nights of Cabiria ( Le notti di Cabiria) (1957), directed by Federico Fellini
8½ (1963), directed by Federico Fellini
Divorzio all'italiana (Divorce, Italian Style) (1961), directed by
Pietro Germi
La Notte (The Night) (1961), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
References
Further reading
Holden, Stephen (October 12, 2001). "Scorsese Pays Tribute to Italian Cinema" . The New York Times . The four-hour film is a sequel of sorts to this director's comparably sweeping 1995 television documentary, "A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies." It's no exaggeration to say that watching both films will forever change and deepen the way you look at cinema.
External links
My Voyage to Italy at AllMovie
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