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Articles and Essays on Italian Films
Umberto D (1952)
Umberto D tells the story of an old man named Umberto D. Ferrari and his struggle to keep from falling from poverty into shame. This is one of the greatest of all films from the Neorealism movement, and even when they’re sweet scenes that involve Umberto and his little dog Flike; they are shown without being portrayed too sentimental or manipulative […]
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L’ Avventura (1960)
Michelangelo Antonioni’s masterpiece L’ Avventura became famous because it was said that nothing ever happened in the film. It was a search for a person that didn’t have a resolution and a love story that didn’t have a conclusion. L’ Avventura in English means ‘The Adventure,’ which is very ironic since little adventure really takes place. The premiere of L’Avventura, […]
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8½ (1963)
“In the case of 8 ½, something happened to me which I had feared could happen, but when it did, it was more terrible than I could ever have imagined. I suffered director’s block, like writer’s block. I had a waiting for me to make a film. What they didn’t know was that the film […]
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Leopard, The (1963)
“We were the leopards, the lions, those who take our place will be jackals hyenas, and all of us – leopards, lions, jackals and sheep – will go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth.” Prince Don Fabrizio Corberta is a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity who has a great love for a way of life he understands must […]
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