Exploring Italian Neorealism: The Directors

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Exploring Italian Neorealism: The Directors

Enjoy a mini-film school during our Italian Neorealism series by drinking in the work of these outstanding directors.

PIER PAOLO PASOLINI

Accattone
“It was like being present at the birth of cinema.” ~Bernardo Bertolucci, on working on Accattone.
Sun Nov 1: 8:00pm
Sat Nov 21: 9:30pm

VITTORIO DE SICA

Bicycle Thieves / Ladri di biciclette
An unforgettable plunge into the day-to-day world of those struggling to survive in post-war Italy, one of the most indelible films from the Neorealist movement.
Sat Oct 31: 5:15pm
Tue Nov 10: 3:00pm

Miracle in Milan / Miracolo in Milano
A delightful fantasy for postwar Italy that is just as enchanting today.
Sun Nov 1: 3:15pm
Sun Nov 15: 3:00pm

Shoeshine / Sciuscià
The first foreign language film to be nominated for a best original screenplay Oscar.
Wed Nov 4: 3:20pm
Nov 4: 8:10pm
Sun Nov 8: 9:00pm

Umberto D.
Umberto Domenico Ferrari and his only real companion, his dog Flick, go on a desperate search for the money to pay his rent in this legendary broadside against government and bureaucracy.
Tue Nov 17: 8:30pm
Sat Nov 21: 5:30pm

FEDERICO FELLINI

I vitelloni
Five twenty-something friends face up to lives of limited possibilities in their native Rimini. The result is a monumental work that inspired Diner, American Graffiti, Mean Streets, and more.
Wed Nov 18: 1:00pm
Sat Nov 21: 7:20pm
Sun Nov 22: 1:30pm

From Il Grido, part of the Italian Neorealism series at the Film Society

MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI

Il grido
A mechanic hits the road after breaking up with his live-in lover, taking a pilgrimage through industrialized landscapes with no room for the emotionally adrift.
Tue Nov 24: 2:00pm
Tue Nov 24: 6:15pm

People of the Po Valley / Gente del Po
screening with
Days of Glory / Giorni di gloria
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS, MARIO SERANDREI, MARCELLO PAGLIERO, and LUCHINO VISCONTI
A dramatic compilation of documentary sequences shot by several key figures of Neorealism in the closing months of the war.
Sun Nov 1: 1:30pm

ERMANNO OLMI

The Job, aka The Sound of Trumpets / Il posto
Ermanno Olmi brings neorealism into the cold, hard world of Italy’s economic boom in this essential work of the ’60s. It put Olmi on the cinematic map and broadly influenced filmmakers from Martin Scorsese and Abbas Kiarostami to Charles Burnett and Taiwan's Wu Nien-Jen.
Sun Nov 22: 8:30pm
Wed Nov 25: 2:00pm
Wed Nov 25: 6:30pm

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI

Open City / Roma, città aperta
The story that became the neorealist flagship: a resistance leader evades the Gestapo in German-occupied Rome. Anna Magnani redefined film acting with her heart-breaking performance.
Fri Oct 30: 4:15pm
Sat Oct 31: 9:20pm

Paisan / Paisà
Six vignettes offer a searing vision of the invasion of Italy by Allied forces.
Fri Nov 6: 2:00pm and 6:20pm

Voyage to Italy / Viaggio in Italia
Roberto Rossellini, Italy/France, 1954; 97m
Starring George Sanders and Ingrid Bergman. A cinematic milestone which profoundly influenced Antonioni, Bertolucci, among many other directors. “With the appearance of Voyage to Italy, all other films immediately grew ten years older.” ~Jacques Rivette
Sat Nov 21: 3:30pm
Mon Nov 23: 2:00pm
Mon Nov 23: 6:15pm

LUCHINO VISCONTI

Ossessione
Visconti’s brilliant (if unauthorized) adaptation of James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Fri Oct 30: 1:30pm
Sun Nov 1: 5:15pm

Enjoy a vibrant, month-long celebration of Italian Neorealist cinema

Did you know you can see as many films as you like during the series for only $99 ($89 Seniors/$79 Members)? It's true! Let us help us in your exploration of the movement that reshaped film history with these program guides:

The Stars
Life During Wartime
The Directors
The Stars
The Essentials
Crime Films

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