| Description: | This is an intermediate level course dealing with the development of Italian cinema from Neorealism to the present time. Renowned directors such as Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti, Fellini, Antonioni, Pasolini will be analyzed and the most significant works of both Neorealist and post-Neorealist times (Rome Open City, The Bicycle Thief, Riso amaro, La strada, etc.) will be analyzed. The influences of Fascism, post-war crisis, the economic miracle, and the protests of 1968 will be taken into consideration, along with the most common themes in Italian cinema such as social injustice, psychological and existential analysis, neurotic alienation, crisis and decadence of the bourgeoisie and the overall ironic portrayal of Italian society. Genre, techniques, style, language and symbolism will be discussed. |