Ever wondered what started the Oscar for Best Foregin Language Film category? It was Shoeshine, Vittorio De Sica‘s fifth film that initially received a Special Academy Award in 1948 and two years later for his masterpiece The Bicycle Thief. Shoeshine is a special film for many reasons. First, it marks the start of one of [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 01.15.2009 at 11:46 am// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Neorealism , children, Franco Interlenghi, Neorealism, vittorio de sica
Known as the father of neorealism in Italian cinema, specifically due to his widely acclaimed masterpiece, Rome Open City – Roma, città aperta (1945), in this film director Roberto Rossellini continues his theme of personal human stories embedded in the rough realities of Italy during WWII. Portraying a common phenomenon at the time by zooming [...]
Posted by Shlomi Ron on 01.10.2009 at 2:48 pm// Tagged: Classic Italian Cinema, Drama, Italian Cinema, War , Armistice, Giovanna Ralli, Rossellini
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